Hola!!
Exellent sub at any price!! I agree, defenetly a huge improovement over the PS series (I also had a PS 1000). I have it with the Paradigm Reference LCR 450s L&R and CC450 center, ATI AT1505, Sony ES DD processor and Sony 3000 DVD. The combination is breathtaking! Now if I had the $$ for the Lexicon DC1...

For anyone looking for a great sub with tight and deep bass, this is the one for you!!

Deep, clear bass. Made in Canada quality. Can double as an end-table or coffee-table if you want...(just joking)

Placement....but who cares?? Once you find the placement, look out.

I can't comment on the musical ability of this unit for the simple reason that I only use the pw2200 for HT. What I can tell you is that this unit reproduces great bass for that purpose. This sub can move air in a hurry. Great tight bass. The bass is fast and distortion free if setup properly. It took me a while to find the placement and to properly set it up. Once I did, it was awesome. I live out in the country so that means NO NEIGHBOURS. My next purchase will be another pw2200 so that I can run them in a tandem configuration. Highly recommended for HT. BTW, no amplifier hum on my unit.

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Excellent sub for the price. A *huge* improvement over my old Paradigm PS-1000. Bass is tighter, more controlled. Goes much deeper - to the point where you actually 'feel' the bass. LAcks a cross-over bypass :( . Very good match for the Mini Monitors. Binding posts high level inputs. Paid $720.
Other equipment: Onkyo 838, Toshiba 2107 DVD, 4 Paradigm MiniMonitors front and back, LCR350 (center).

Deep Bass, Makes you feel like your heart skips when the sub fires.

Big and Heavy, A little hard to get set at the proper level. I have only had it less than 24 hours but once I get it set right I am sure this eakness will dissappear

I have a friend who has Cerwin Vega system and that impressed me to no end until I fired up this PW-2200. Even though I know it is not configured properly right now then bass that it produces will blow you away. This is the first sub that I have ever owned so I can only comare it to what I have heard from other systems and I must say that the other systems do not compare. This is like going from high school baseball directly into the major leagues. No college or farm teams need apply.

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OUTPUT! Can reproduce a good kick drum, woofer is of unusual quality. Outstanding value for money (Even here in Canada). Will rivals subs costing twice as much and more! Reliable (so far).

None so far (a wee bit on the behemoth-type-of-a-sub...)

I have my PW-2200 paired with a PS-1200 (V-2) in a stereo subs configuration. Phew!!! "Feeling" the rockets explode in "October Sky" will simply make your jaw drop and drool on your living room's carpet!. This thing will send waves of sound that you can't hear but you will definitely FEEL...
One will do the trick thank you! If you're craving bass like me and have no neighbors, well, add a second sub!!! With music a stereo set-up will give you a bit more in terms of coherence and with movies will simply blow you away!!!

This sub(PW-2200) has a visceral impact with movies and will play extremely well (for a vented design) with music. Although it will not delineate bass guitar notes as well as say a Linn Isobarik (14 times the price up here!!!)but for the price this sub is simply in a class by itself. Simply unbeatable! Forget about smaller subs also (Velodyne's CT line of subs comes to mind...),they won't have near the output of a PW-2200, nor the quality of its driver (enclosure very solid and well braced, "fast" polypropylene driver in a die-cast frame, solid parts throughout, powerful amplifier).

All and all a best buy and quality-wise,one of the best sub on the market regardless of price.

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PS-1200 (V-2) Heard: Velodyne servos and CT line, Linn Isobarik (Whoa!!!), Sunfire's "cubes".

tight, LOW bass

Highpass output seems to have a fixed crossover freq.

For someone like me who listens to music 99% of the time, the best thing about this sub is that it goes very low - down to 16Hz. It actually goes lower than that, because I can see the diaphragm moving at 10Hz, but my apparently my hearing only goes down to 16. I can't rave about how loud it is because I would never dream of blasting my music in a room as small as mine, but I can tell you that the unit produces clean, tight bass as low as I can hear it and as loud as I care to.

I am auditioning the unit in my home right now and it sounds great. Be aware (as many people will tell you) that positioning is key with any speaker and this one is no exception. I find that positioning the unit against the wall next to my stereo with the driver pointing along the length of the room perpendicular to the mains, eliminates any boominess. I also find that turning the crossover frequency down also eliminates boom in the lowest frequencies.

Although this unit costs twice as much as the PDR-12, it is only icrementally better. This is not to say that it's a rip off, just that achieving lowest bass frequencies isn't cheap, and that the PDR-12 is a damn good subwoofer. What do you get for the extra 400 bucks? 1. Lower bass extension (The PDR-12 went down to about 20 Hz). 2. A highpass output that sends only the high part of the signal to your regular speakers, sparing them the burden of producing the low bass. 3. A phase alignment knob. 4. Auto on/off feature that can be disabled. 5. 250 watts instead of 110. 6. Stronger bass in the lowest frequencies.

And what about the PS-1200? It's boomy because the driver is completely enclosed. This sub is better suited to home theater.

Equipment used:
main speakers: B&W P4
preamp: Adcom
amp: Adcom 125W/ch
CD player: Phillips DVD

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Bass is just incredible for a $800 sub! Great for movies and music, and does not bottom out.

I'd like to see a wood veneer option for a couple hundred more, but there are definitely NO weakness issues in performance!

I have owned or home-audtioned all of the subs above, and the Paradigm 2200 is by far the best bang-for-the-buck! The 2200 is able to move a ton of air very quickly! Even the $1900 M&K 350thx isn't much better than the 2200. In fact, in my room, which consists of 1400 square ft with vaulted ceilings, the Paradigm 2200 is shaking the foundation even more than my former M&K subs did. The only area that the M&K subs are a little better is reproducing the kick drum -- probably because of the dual driver configuration. But the 2200 is amazing because the more I turn it up, the better it performs ... it just doesn't seem to run out of steam at higher volumes like the M&K's. It is extremely fast for a 12" driver as well. I highly recommend this sub to anyone who is looking for great performance in the $2000 under PR.

System:

Integra DTR 7.1 Receiver
Integra DPC 5.1, 5 Disc DVD/CD-P
Paradigm Monitor 11 v2's
Paradigm CC-370
Paradigm Atoms v2's(surrounds)
Paradigm PW-2200

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Velodyne CT-100, 120, Def Tech PF-15TL, Monitor Audio ASW-210, M&K 125 II and 350thx Mk II.

low, tight and very responsive

big

This sub is just unbelievable. It does an outstanding job with movies along music. It really brings out those explosions and intense moments in a movie. It has made me where I do not even go to the movies, cause when I get there it just makes me wish I was sitting at my HT listening to it, because the sound quality is so much better. If you are looking for an outstanding sub look no further.


System:

Main: Monitor 7 v.2
Center: CC-370
Surrounds: Adp-170
Sub: PW-2200

dynamic, powerful, low-end extension, did I say earth shaking?

had to wait 3.5 weeks for it!

Where do I begin? First of all, as I slid the box off of the subwoofer, the power cord popped out - have you seen this cord!? Man, talk about build quality! The fit and finish is as best as I've seen. Even the grill is great- heavy, solid, rigid. Eventhough I'm an experienced sub user I followed Paradigm's manual to the 'T'. Initially there was no or VERY little output, I was thinking...man...what's this. I'd heard that Paradigm subs take some time to 'break' in and that is 100% truth. Suddenly a rumble that shook my bones (and my girlfriends from 12 feet away!). This was Gladiator in DD. I decided to warm it up with some music and put in Enya-Watermark, yes, I know, I know, but one has to admit there is substantial low end information on this disc. At only 1/2 output, crossing over at about 70 Hz, at a medium volume the windows, walls, floor and foundation were shaking. My girlfriend (who doesn't mind the size of the sub by the way) was sitting 12 feet away and she was stunned- as was I. This is sub is something else. It trashed the MK MX 90, the MK MX200 is alright, but over priced (terribly) since I got my PW2200 for 1/2 its price! The MX200 doesn't go as low either and this is noticable. Only the MX 5000 compares, and this is GROSSLY more expensive. THe MX 5000 has slightly more 'presence' at quiet volumes - but, the PW2200 still has too break in and isn't fully tweeked yet either. I would rather get 90-95 % of the performance and pocket the change! Hell, I could get 2 PW2200s for less than the price of 1 MX 5000 (almost three PW2200s!).

If you're here doing research do me a favor and BUY THIS SUB!

James

ps only now does the girlfriend understand why this sub is not for her apartment.

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MK MX90 (now called 125), MK MX 200, MK MX 5000 MkI, Paradigm PS1000

Thunderous Bass

It's a little big

This is my first Sub and I went stricly on the good name of Paradigm. I have it paired with Paradigm Studio 60's and it makes for a great combination!
It took my a while to get the position right and find the correct settings (crossover, phase and sub level) for my room but once i had it set up right, I was blown away.
Quadrophenia never sounded so good with the waves pounding the shore and the opening scene of gladiator had every picture on the wall crooked by the time it was over...
This sub will literally shake the walls and rattle the windows.
I highly recommend it for both music and home theater, just make sure you move it around to find the sweet spot and experiment with the crossover and level till you have it right. it's definately worth the time it takes!

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