B&W PV1 Subwoofer

[Xmicro_Blu-ray]

Originally Posted by btf1980

Xmicro, I am a B&W guy through and through, but if you are shopping for subs, I would expand my view beyond B&W. I had the PV1 and it is a decent small sub, but there are many other offerings that outperform it at much lower prices. At $1,600 it's not the most expensive, but for what the PV1 is, it is overpriced. I replaced my PV1 with a REL T2 sub, and it is amazing how well the REL has performed and has outperformed the PV1 in every area, yet it's half the price. It's a very musical sub. I think REL pretty much has the best all around subs these days in terms of range, dynamics and price to performance ratio. I gauge the worthiness of a sub by how well it performs with music. Any sub can sound good with explosions and thuds, that's easy, but many faulter and sound muddy with music.

Rel T series subs

http://www.sumikoaudio.net/rel/idx_t.htm

Thanks btf, that is very interesting. I too LOVE B&W and the 600 series was a steal, and I am 8 years out and they sound awesome comparing to todays technology. I was leaning toward the B&W ASW610. It is probably more evenly rated to the rest of the speakers. Although a SUB really cannot over perform is set up properly. I am heading over to a local Hi-Fi shop now and will check out the one you suggested also, thanks for an insightful write up.