well I am starting to see a familiar problem, I love JBL, don't get me wrong but what the crap went wrong with this sub, I had mine for about 2 years and one day it had no power, so I replaced the blown fuse, and the same thing happend, what a sham, me and my other 2 friends all bought the same sub, from the same place, mine was the first to go, now they are noticing problems and are just waiting to see that it has no power, I didn't pay this much money to have a sub for 2 years and then go buy a new one, and of course Jbl doesn't cover anything after 1 year, dissapointed very dissapointed!!!

nice bass

quality

it worked fine, while it last. Died 1 month after purchase. Got a PB12 in replacement and i returned the PB12 for my current polk PSW140.
Nice bass for movie but lacks definition for music, quality of construction is under average

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nice bass

quality

it worked fine, while it last. Died 1 month after purchase. Got a PB12 in replacement and i returned the PB12 for my current polk PSW140.
Nice bass for movie but lacks definition for music, quality of construction is under average

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psw140, pb12

good bass when it worked

electronics in amplifier melted

I had this sub up and running for a year. I guess I was one
of the lucky people. Just after my warranty expired the sub crapped out on me. At 2AM on a Saturday morning when the sub was in standby it started booming every 20 seconds....it was a quiet hiss followed by a huge boom..like a cap charging in the amp then discharging. The green light is stuck on all the time now even when there is no audio signal going in. I opened up the back and can see some severe thermal damage to an inductor on the amp PCB. Don't buy this sub or any other crap JBL products. CHEAP, NASTY, TRASH, with no quality control and major design bugs.

Very strong bass, blends well with movies and music, not too boomy

Amp failure rate. Will not last more than a year or two (if you are lucky). Power/standby light does not work - admitted defect by JBL (see FAQ's on their website)

Mine held up about 2 years which seems to be longer than most of the prior posts. I was pleased with it while it worked, currently the amp module has been sent off for repair after which I will sell it and buy a real (non JBL) sub. It died while it was in standby mode, it crackled loudly for a few seconds and then 'pop'! it was dead. I can't even be sure that it was going into standby mode since the indicator light did not work. I suspect that it wasn't due to the fact that the amp section of the box was always warm. I like JBL products, but I don't think they have enough experience in building subs. Do not buy this model. I think the new model is starting to have the same type of problems too. In a nutshell - very poor design and reliability of the amp.

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Great Bass for movies!
In the movies 6th sense, when the boy is in the bathroom you see a shadow and here a boom, you jump no matter how many times you see it!

The pesky 100db pounding, coming from the speaker, at 300AM when the amp fails!

I got a good price when I bought the subwoofer. For movies it is EXCELLENT!! When playing rock music a nice set of large 3 way speakers just sound cleaner and have better bass.
After 15 months of use the amp failed at 3 AM. The amp starts to make a pounding noise at unbelievable sound levels. A capacitor exploded in the power supply (not a big deal.

The sub is always on in sleep mode. I wonder if this is what causes them to fail so soon. I never play movies very loud or often (once a week).

I spoke to support at JBL they were very nice about it. Even though the amp was way out of warranty, they offered a replacement for free. We played email tag for about 2 months and I had to take my sub to a JBL service center. BUT they did replace it.

JBL sent me a PB12 to replace the PSWD112. I think the bass was better with the PSWD112, but it may just be me.

One change I did make is I have the subwoofer pluged into a switched power outlet on my receiver. Now the sub is only turned on when the receiver is on.

All and All JBL made me happy!

Robert

Power,front grill(I have kids)

crossover response,slew rate,12"sloppy(boom,little PUNCH)

lots of power,huge,and loud.12" needs faster amp to drive it.crossover does nothing between 60 and 90 Hz.there is humming from the amp,but I must say all the Infinity subs I've heard are worse.The 10" has more punch and is fater ,but underpowered.I am a JBL fan and have always stood by them.I will say though that this model could use work.I have used the 2002 and that is downfiring instead of my front firing beast.This has solved some of the phase problems I have encountered.I have had no mechanical or electrical problems to date.Those of you who have blown speakers or amps perhaps ther could be some "OE" going on.I will not drive my equipment to 100% because I want my equipment and especially my ears to last.For those of you willing to put any equipment under maximum usage ,you may be disappointed.I have learned from eleven years of live sound that all equipment has a breaking point,please use tender loving care.This box is for entry level"audio guys",not audiophiles.

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Great bass when working

Stops working WAYYYYY to soon

As with others in the same situation. Less than a year old and it stops working, no power. Opened it up and found the fuse blown...replaced it and it started humming then blew fuse again. Still need to follow up and check capacitors and other advice on this post.

It's hard to believe JBL would not honor repairs after warranty expires given the poor track record. I'm gonna give it a try and see. Wish me luck...

Lots of power

Reliability, Durability, Quality

Do not buy this sub... I paid $350, which made it about the most expensive sub around at the time. It was also the most highly touted, so I assumed it would be worth the extra money. Initially it worked great, the sound quality was good and it worked really well with 5.1 audio. However, I did not have it for much more than a year before I began having problems with it. My first problem was, out of the blue, it just quit working. I checked the fuse, and found that it was blown. I tried replacing it, only to have it immediately blow out fuses as soon as it was turned on. It only came with a 1 year warranty, and I was past it by about a week. JBL refused to honor it, acknowledging that it didn't matter that it was only 6 days past. I ended up taking it to the nearest "authorized JBL service center" anyway and had it fixed. Luckily the guy didn't check the date on my receipt and did not charge me for repairs. The sub worked great for about 4-5 months but then started to have a whole new problem. Within 15 minutes of being turned on, it makes a horrible popping noise about every 2 minutes. Then, if left on, it will eventually begin making this continuous shrill noise generated from the built in amp, which can only be silenced by unplugging it. Now the warranty is expired by almost 8 months, and it will cost me almost as much as a new sub to have it repaired elsewhere. Once I began to have problems with it, I began looking around use-nets and news groups, only to find that a TON of other people have had the exact same problems with theirs. If you are looking to spend a lot of your hard earned money on an expensive piece of crap that will have the performance capacity of a block of wood after only one friggen year, then this is the sub for you. Otherwise, I would suggest you buy something else.

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size, other customers' problemns with same model.

Well, I guess I'm one of the few satisfied customers. Mine is nearly two years old (this Dec.), and still going strong.
No pops, crackles, smoke, etc. I keep it on 24 hrs a day. So figure out how long that is for two years -8760 hours! I am seriously considering buying a second one to go with it.
Heapum big wampum for the price.
No it's not a velodyne, or one of those other 1500+ units. But as far as I'm concerned, nothing else can touch it for the price.