Awesome home theater bass. Not boomy. Solid and Clear.

Probably not the best sub for classical music.

This sub is awesome. I used a Polk PSW450 previously and sent it back because it would pop at hard hitting home theater bass. For nearly 100 dollars less this one is a great deal. I don't know if it would be a very good sub for classical musical though, if you care about that. But for solid, clear, room shaking home theater bass this sub is all you need. I read of reports of reliability problems with these subs, so I contacted JBL about this matter. They said they were aware of the problems and as long as you get a sub made in the last 6 months it has the problems corrected. They said the model number of the sub I ordered is a new one. So far I've had no problems. This sub is highly recommended, just get one made in the last 6 months.

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Polk PSW450

strong base 250 watts

a little overpowering when listening to music.

great base will rattle the windows if cranked up. use primary use is for the home theater system. bought unit as a open box speacial

Great Bass Floor Firing

Not good for small rooms because it is large. Shakes my house.

Wow just got this the other day and its putting out great bass, Etronics is the way to go, their warehouse was close to me to they let me pick it up. Im only using a standard cable for the bass and its still incredible, I need to purchase a premium bass cable still. Dont buy this for anymore than $250. Great bass for the price. Etronics must sell the new model because it has the on/off switch on the back and there is also no humming.

Tight bass, huge power. Great price for it. If you pay over $280 for this sub with shipping, then I need to become an audio/video dealer

For this price none! If I had to say something though, maybe the LEDs

If you want bang for the buck, get this sub. I think this sub should have a rating of over 4.5 to 5. It recreates absolutely tight bass, and tears my living room apart for my action movies. Especially 'Final Fantasy'. I heard no humming, or distorted noises at all. Of course I have a nice Monster cable for it as well.

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Infinity

Good sound for money

Broke in 6 months but was fixed quickly under warranty.

Great Sub for the money, just like the others I had my sub fail after about 6 months. Heard a loud buzz and then poof, dead sub. The good thing was that the service center fixed it in 2 weeks and I have it back as good as new. Some build quality issues but the sub sound is great.

4" double flared port, loud and clear, LFE switch, Rubber surround and frequency response

hard to hear distorting

This best of a sub pounds and rumbles out low frequencies with definite clarity with a class D amp operates at low temperature while maintaining levels that will pop your ear drums. Nearly took out my bedroom window while watching the matrix(helicopter scene) My system is made up of: Receiver- Technics SA-DX1050 Main- Technics A30 (10's) Surround- MTX AAL10 Center- Yamaha DVD player- Toshiba 5-discs Equalizer- Audio Source (for stereo use KLH 15's) and of course JBL PB12

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KLH, SONY, Yamaha, Infinity, POLK and CV

Keeps with the JBL name

None... yet

I love this new sub. For the price paid it does the job when called to duty. Things are shaking off the walls!! Theres nothing better than feeling the movie your watching.

Solid and deep sounding bass... no hum at all... Id definitely recommend this sub to anyone...

None yet..

Just got the JBL PB12 and i must say, this sub R O C K S!!!! I listen to all kinds of music, from Rock to Techno to Classical... and watch a lotta moview and this sub has added that extra bit of oomph to my setup.. I am using.... Harman/Kardon AVR5000 JBL LX2005 Front Speakers JBL LX2000C Centre Channel JBL N24s Surrounds Marantz CD4000 Cd player Harman/Kardon DVD15 and Harman/Kardon CDR20 and this sub is a perfect match... not just becoz it belongs to the same "family", but place this sub in the "sweetspot" and watch it rock ur world! Id definitely recommend this sub to anyone at this price its worth every cent and more!

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Definitive & Yamaha (Both 10" subs)

Bass response Power = 250 RMS Amp = 350 so the power, which is not listed as 350 WATTS is actually 350 Watts! Very fast, no where near sloppy!

For the price, I feel they could have made the PB12 more powerful??? I think??? However, It is very articulate so i guess that makes up for it!

Price Paid = $500.00 Canadian Room acoustics have a lot to do with the sound you hear!!! think about it!!! Room acoustics can make a million dollar sub sound terrible, so ya, i think you dig lol (for the last reviewer) Ok, so I walk into Visions and want to see the PB10. The salesman, whom I have done business with b4 (and always gives me awesome deals) offers the PB12 for $500 instead of me paying $500 for the PB10! ya, so i got me self a killer deal!! Awesome Sub!!! Provides excellent bass response and IS quite atriculate. More than enough power for most ppl. ****NOTE: it is actually a 350 WATT AMP**** Nuff said. o ya! JBL has fixed all those problems with the sub amplifier, so don''t be afraid to pick one up lol make sure its a new one! As long as you dont put through frequencies below 25HZ very loud...you will not get port "chuffing". very good build quality, i took it apart myself - very firm construction.

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none simialr that I have used!

crisp sound, plays great at low volumes, plays better at high volumes, you can feel it from two houses down at medium

big (much smaller than the average 12", but its still a little bigger than my 19" monitor)

This things for real. I''ve listened to a lot of subs over the years (includin my old 15") but this one is for real. The best is that the quality is amazing when its on at very low. When you turn it up, it only gets better!