Use of this sub for movies and music is excellent. Bass is very crisp and solid in both types of application. And the price of the sub is enough of a reason to check it out.

This review is for the 15TL
Low bass, great for movies/music despite what people say

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I'll make this brief... This sub is the best sub I have ever owned. I have gone through many subs, all of which had the infamous bottoming out design. I like my movies as loud as the movies, and I like the punch. The Def Tech does it. I also like it for music. I found the sound great. It hit every low frequency any producer through at it. Let it be hip hop, rock, jazz or funk. It still did the job. Great sub, I recommend it. It'll impress your friends

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DF makes very good subwoofers. This is an awsome sub best for the price, no doubt. It is best on movies/dvd or video. It is good with R&B music. Which is the only music I listen to with a sub. I don't like to use subs for music it just muddies it up unless you get into the $2,500+ than you can get a trully musical sub but this one works nicely with music if that's your thing. It has lots and lots of power. I usually only turn it up one third and that's enough to shake my large medium size room. In this price range you can't do better.

Low frequencies

Room placement critical, volume adjustment between movies and music

I purchased this sub off of E-bay as I love my BP-30's and BP-10's and thought I would replace my twin 10" powered subs with one twelve. I had trouble getting the sub to sound right until I placed it in a corner and then "look out, this sub will knock you over!" The ability of this sub to reproduce the low, low frequencies is amazing. Room placement is critical, if not placed in a room correctly, you will be severely unhappy. Great for movies, must turn the gain, or bass on your reciever, down for music. I had to keep my ten inch woofers for that real "punchy feel" during movies. The PF-12 hits those low frequencies but will not give you a quick responsive punch like my ten's do. I found the best of both world's by using the ten's and the twelve.

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Velodyne

tight, clean bass. never heard it distort at all. lots of bass for a medium sized box.

cant find the pf-12's anymore. can only get the prosubs now which arent as good.

ive had this sub for about 3 years and love it. am always looking at new subs, but dont like any that were in this ones price range. was going to get a def.tech. bought a def.tech prosub200 about 6 mo. ago because i wanted a matching sub for my pf-12. after i had it in my house for about a week, i returned it because it didnt sound as good as the pf12. since definitive stopped making the pf12 (they still make the pf15, but thats only because of the great reviews that it has received by different magazines and has always been a good seller. i never found a review for the pf12, but i believe it has a nicer sound that is not as muddy as the pf15's) i couldnt find a new pf12 and looked on ebay for quite some time and finally found one. i got it for $410 + shipping and was excited about it and still am. almost too much bass with 2 running, but atleast i found another one.

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Can go pretty low - great with movies

Not as good with music

Fancy writing a review of a product you've live with for 3 years.

2 weeks ago, my wall clock fell and was smashed when I was watching Pearl Harbour on DVD with the sub on. I guess that's enough low bass grunt for me.

As for music, I prefer to switch off the sub as my main stereo floorstander speakers can handle the bass very well. With the sub on and listening to Cassandra Wilson, the bass can be too over powering.

It makes a very substantial improvement though with movies. So much more enjoyable with the sub, especially with impact movies like Saving Private Ryan or Star Wars Phantom Menance.

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I bought the powerfield 15; very good sub. My listening/viewing room is 20"x21.5'x 8" and this sub rocks it all; fills it up! Other reviewers have said it sounds boomy/muddy on music; I've read that about both the 12 and 15. I also thought so at first. After much adjusting/experimenting with placement, I got it worked out so it does well with music - not in a corner. One disadvantage; for my listening ears I have to increase the gain for theater and then decrease it when switching back to music. Although that's a pain in the butt, if I do that the sub performs very well.

i doubt that you can find a better sub for $549. it is terrific with movies, awesome wth dvd. it does well with music, and even better with proper locating ad phasing. it seems suprisingly powerful for only 125 watts of power output. i compared it to many other subs around the the same price......the DefTech was the one. you should of heard next to an equally priced klipsch......it destroyed klipsch's sub. you can run this sub hard all day, but i would recommend a good space allocation or a decent fan to keep it running cool. there are a lot of better subs out there, but for the money spent on this one it would be hard to find an overall better one.

Great bass for not a lot of money

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After listening to a passive sub for over 2 years, I decided to upgrade to a powered sub so that I could enjoy the 5.1 output on my receiver. After listening to several subs, I gave the Def Tech PF 12 a shot. Wow. This little sub blew me away. It went way deeper than I expected and doesn't sound muddy at all. I listened to a $2400 Velodyne and sure it sounded better, but for $479 you cannot beat the Def Tech. To be honest, the Def Tech's build looks a little questionable and it is very light but it can really belt out the bass. I'll never forget watching Star Trek Insurrection. During the space battle, the bass was so intense, my chair felt like it was being rattled from behind (even though the sub is up front by the tv). I am also impressed on how good it sounds on music. I listen to everything from country to classical to heavy metal to rock and this sub doesn't sound muddy on any of the CDs I've listened to.

P.S. IMO, I don't understand how people can give a bad review on a product they have never listened to.

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This is one good subwoofer. Flat to 18 hz. Tight sound, cleanly musical; although designed mainly for home-theater. At $550, it's a real bargain. Check it out; you will not be disappointed.