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Sony 10" 100-Watt Powered Subwoofer

Sony 10" 100-Watt Powered Subwoofer

Model number: SAW2500 | SKU: 8417527

This subwoofer is able to deliver the deep, rich bass tones your music requires to sound its best.

Average Customer Rating: 4.76 4.8 out of 5 (37 Reviews)
36 of 37 (97%) customers would recommend this product to a friend.

Customer Reviews for Sony 10" 100-Watt Powered Subwoofer

Review 1 for Sony 10" 100-Watt Powered Subwoofer

Customer Rating
4
4.0 5
 
Good product for the price   11/12/2009
By Dolly123 from Maui, Hawaii
Value for Price
5
5.0 5
 
Sound Quality
3
3.0 5
 
Appearance
5
5.0 5
 
Power
4
4.0 5
 

What's great about it: Affordable
What's not so great: Sound

"The sound is decent for the price, but it produces a pretty dull bass. Works fine for my little house, but would definitely prefer stronger sound and more definition.

But then again, I'm used to $3000 subs.. so who's to complain for $99.
"


Would you recommend this product to a friend?: Yes
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Review 2 for Sony 10" 100-Watt Powered Subwoofer

Customer Rating
5
5.0 5
 
Well worth the money   11/09/2009
By Horseman54 from Chicago
Value for Price
5
5.0 5
 
Sound Quality
5
5.0 5
 
Appearance
4
4.0 5
 
Power
5
5.0 5
 

What's great about it: Adds thats room shaking sound you get at the movies
What's not so great: Cabinet could be more attractive

"For the money, you can't beat this subwoofer. Great sound at a reasonable price!"

Would you recommend this product to a friend?: Yes
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Review 3 for Sony 10" 100-Watt Powered Subwoofer

Customer Rating
5
5.0 5
 
The little guy delivers   11/06/2009
By IgnatzC from Austin, TX

What's great about it: Low cost
What's not so great: None I can think of

"You get what you pay for, and in this case I got more than I paid for! This little guy is quite cheap for the quality of sound it delivers. It sounds just like a $300 subwoofer."

Would you recommend this product to a friend?: Yes
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Review 4 for Sony 10" 100-Watt Powered Subwoofer

Customer Rating
5
5.0 5
 
Super sound for small price   11/05/2009
By markco from maryland
Value for Price
5
5.0 5
 
Sound Quality
5
5.0 5
 
Appearance
5
5.0 5
 
Power
5
5.0 5
 

What's great about it: Surprised by sound quality.
What's not so great: Nothing

"Nice size. Great sound. Not alot of big boom boom bass , but enough to cover what is needed as far as I see or hear it should be. Nothing really bad about this unit considering the price. Just can not compare to anything I saw on net or heard in stores. Don't wait buy it. For the price you got a deal !!!!"

Would you recommend this product to a friend?: Yes
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Review 5 for Sony 10" 100-Watt Powered Subwoofer

Customer Rating
4
4.0 5
 
Good for the price.   10/29/2009
By Todd2203 from Pittsburgh
Value for Price
5
5.0 5
 
Sound Quality
4
4.0 5
 
Appearance
4
4.0 5
 
Power
3
3.0 5
 

What's great about it: Cheap, fairly compact, easy to use, good sound quality.
What's not so great: Nothing -- this is only 100W. Don't expect too much from it.

"I bought this for use in my fairly small living room. I got a home-theater-in-a-box as a gift. The included sub was not powered and made me not want to use the system. This sub has changed everything. I mainly use it with my PS3 for games and Blu Ray. Don't expect this to rumble your insides, but I was very surprised with this budget sub. It has enough power to rattle the pictures on the wall and it really enhances your experience for very little money. Don't be a snob and spend $1k+ on a sub. You don't need it."

Would you recommend this product to a friend?: Yes
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Review 6 for Sony 10" 100-Watt Powered Subwoofer

Customer Rating
5
5.0 5
 
Great Buy!!   10/27/2009
By laurido92 from San Antonio, TX
Value for Price
5
5.0 5
 
Sound Quality
5
5.0 5
 
Appearance
4
4.0 5
 
Power
5
5.0 5
 

What's great about it: Price and Sound Quality
What's not so great: Nothing Yet

"Bought this subwoofer for my upstairs den/ tv room and it's great! I was lookig for a not so expensive sub and came accross this one. I bought it just because of the reviews and they were right. It sounds like a sub that would cost a lot more than this one did. You can't go worng with this sub. Great for the price!!"

Would you recommend this product to a friend?: Yes
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Review 7 for Sony 10" 100-Watt Powered Subwoofer

Customer Rating
5
5.0 5
 
DECENT SUB WOOFER FOR THE MONEY!   10/08/2009
By tarkus from tucson,az
Value for Price
5
5.0 5
 
Sound Quality
5
5.0 5
 
Appearance
4
4.0 5
 
Power
5
5.0 5
 

What's great about it: EASY INSTALL,SOUNDS GOOD!
What's not so great: FOR $99 I'M NOT GOING TO COMPLAIN ABOUT THE EXTERIOR FINISH,COVER.

"I WANTED TO ADD A SUB WOOFER TO MY INSIGNIA RECEIVER AND MY INSIGNIA BOOKSHELF SPEAKERS.THE INSIGNIAS HAVE GOOD RESPONSE BUT I WANTED TO ADD SOME OOMPH TO THE BASS.I AM PLEASED WITH THE RESULT.THE SONY 100 WATT SW ADDS A RESPECTABLE AMOUNT OF LOW END RUMBLE WITH NO NOTICEABLE DISTORTION.SOME DAY I MAY WANT TO INVEST IN SOME POLKS,BUT FOR NOW I HAVE A PRETTY THUNDEROUS 5.1 SPEAKER SYSTEM WITH THE INSIGNIAS AND THE SONY SW.REALLY AMAZING SOUND FOR ONLY $351!"

Would you recommend this product to a friend?: Yes
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Review 8 for Sony 10" 100-Watt Powered Subwoofer

Customer Rating
5
5.0 5
 
$100 bucks, Unbelievable.   09/17/2009
By Crak from Central Coast California
Value for Price
5
5.0 5
 
Sound Quality
5
5.0 5
 
Appearance
5
5.0 5
 
Power
5
5.0 5
 

What's great about it: Price/Performance
What's not so great: Absolutely Nothing

"LIsten to this subwoofer before you go and spend a ton of money on a high end name brand. This sub performs excellent, and for the price you cant beat it. I recommend this product highly."

Would you recommend this product to a friend?: Yes
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Review 9 for Sony 10" 100-Watt Powered Subwoofer

Customer Rating
5
5.0 5
 
impressed   09/11/2009
By lem1 from columbia, sc
Value for Price
5
5.0 5
 
Sound Quality
4
4.0 5
 
Appearance
5
5.0 5
 
Power
4
4.0 5
 

What's great about it: price
What's not so great: plastic cover in the rear which rattles at high bass volume. still ok at right level..

"This set-up is in my office and I must say, I am very impressed with this powered sub at this price point. I have this paired with the Vizio sound bar from Walmart priced at 148.00 and the Samsung-LN32B360 LCD flat screen TV---$438.00..I could not be more please with this set-up at the cost I paid... I have some Bose Accoustimass cones I am going to connect to the external speaker source, which I know will achieve the level of surround sound I am looking for...Would highly recommend.."

Would you recommend this product to a friend?: Yes
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Review 10 for Sony 10" 100-Watt Powered Subwoofer

Customer Rating
4
4.0 5
 
good sub   08/01/2009
By doogy12 from pittsburgh
Value for Price
5
5.0 5
 
Sound Quality
4
4.0 5
 
Appearance
5
5.0 5
 
Power
5
5.0 5
 

What's great about it: everything
What's not so great: goes into standby without 10mins of use

"i bought this for 79.99 ...got it on oopen box....took it home..took about 15mins to get setup..got iot on adjutsted the settings ....tested it oout... it gives a big boom on the 1 hit bass and done....it is okay on the straight bass...it also has in and out ports to connect another speaker....loved it...i connected a j win 50 watt rms speaker to it and it worked perfectly with the jwin audio system....oh and i got it a week ago...great so far for the price.... i recommend this amazingly.."

Would you recommend this product to a friend?: Yes
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Review 11 for Sony 10" 100-Watt Powered Subwoofer

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Customer Rating
5
5.0 5
 
Don't doubt this baby!   07/28/2009
By JHSpartan from Ann Arbor, MI
Value for Price
5
5.0 5
 
Sound Quality
4
4.0 5
 
Appearance
4
4.0 5
 
Power
4
4.0 5
 

What's great about it: Everything for the price
What's not so great: Nothing for the price!

"I was ready to drop the $400 for the Kilpsch because I'm a huge fan of their stuff; further, I was like no way is some $100 subwoofer going to sound good. I get it home and hook it up all full of remorse that I didn't buy the bigger and better subwoofer...and you know what!? I couldn't have been more ecstatic to hook it up and find that it sounded PHENOMENAL. I am not a sony audio fan and am not a fan of cheap audio, but in this case I got lucky. Sony built a great product on the cheap that doesn't look, sound, or feel cheap. Buy this without hesitation. The only thing I will say is that if you're looking to rattle the paintings on the wall, go for the klipsch. If you're in a condo, apt, mid to small size living room then this will MORE than make you happy!"

Would you recommend this product to a friend?: Yes
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Review 12 for Sony 10" 100-Watt Powered Subwoofer

Customer Rating
5
5.0 5
 
What more could you want?   07/15/2009
By Cork from Michigan
Value for Price
5
5.0 5
 
Sound Quality
5
5.0 5
 
Appearance
5
5.0 5
 
Power
4
4.0 5
 

What's great about it: price, size, sound
What's not so great: i'm greedy, needs more power. not really though.

"Have had mine for for 8-10 months now. Hooked up to new JVC stereo I got from Santa Claus last year.

The new stereo and XM radio, along with finally adding a sub, have made listening to music totally a pleasue to do again.

Missed out on a deal for this same sub a couple weeks ago for $79. Was going to get one for son's stereo that he got for his birthday in March. Definitely will be looking for it on sale again.
"


Would you recommend this product to a friend?: Yes
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Review 13 for Sony 10" 100-Watt Powered Subwoofer

Customer Rating
5
5.0 5
 
sony powered sub   07/05/2009
By dryheat81 from peoria,az
Value for Price
5
5.0 5
 
Sound Quality
4
4.0 5
 
Appearance
5
5.0 5
 
Power
5
5.0 5
 

What's great about it: price/ good for movies
What's not so great: frequency response is not so good

"it has many input options and sound is pretty good.. however the frequency response is not so good... for some mnovies its good but action movies with say explosions it get some distortion.. over all its good"

Would you recommend this product to a friend?: Yes
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Review 14 for Sony 10" 100-Watt Powered Subwoofer

Customer Rating
5
5.0 5
 
For $100... SWEET!   07/02/2009
By dcnorman07 from Oklahoma City, OK
Value for Price
5
5.0 5
 
Sound Quality
5
5.0 5
 
Appearance
5
5.0 5
 
Power
5
5.0 5
 

What's great about it: Deep, wall rattling bass
What's not so great: Nothing yet

"I have this connected to my Sony STR-DH500 and it sounds AWESOME!!! For $100 you CAN'T do better, as far as I'm concerned.

You can control the bass cutoff frequency and adjust the level (volume) of the sub, as well as choose the polarity. The auto-shut off is a nice feature as well. Probably one of the best sub's I've owned. The price doesn't reflect the quality at all.
"


Would you recommend this product to a friend?: Yes
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Review 15 for Sony 10" 100-Watt Powered Subwoofer

Customer Rating
5
5.0 5
 
A Great Subwoofer For Every one   07/01/2009
By Surroundsound101 from Hershey, PA
Value for Price
5
5.0 5
 
Sound Quality
5
5.0 5
 
Appearance
5
5.0 5
 
Power
5
5.0 5
 

What's great about it: It has awesome sound and easy to set up
What's not so great: nothing

"Its the best subwoofer you could ever buy for 100$ It makes my floors rumble why I watch movies its awesome."

Would you recommend this product to a friend?: Yes
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Review 16 for Sony 10" 100-Watt Powered Subwoofer

Customer Rating
5
5.0 5
 
Good sub   06/15/2009
By dannytheboy from the South
Value for Price
5
5.0 5
 
Sound Quality
5
5.0 5
 
Appearance
5
5.0 5
 
Power
5
5.0 5
 

What's great about it: natural sound when configured properly
What's not so great: nothing yet

"This sub has been used for the past four days with a Sony STR-K700 receiver. This receiver comes from a home theater in a box setup with a crossover preset at 120 Hz and a passive subwoofer. As such, the receiver does not have a line-level subwoofer output. Fortunately, the sub has speaker-level inputs, so I just hooked the speaker-level output from the receiver for the passive sub to the left speaker-level input on the sub. I set the sub's crossover at its highest frequency (200 Hz) to be sure to take all the sub-120 Hz signals from the receiver.

I configured the sub by listening to various types of music (except for rap initially) to try and determine a "natural" volume for the low bass. For my particular setup, that volume setting on the knob on the back of the sub was relatively low, but the actual output was very pleasing and natural. You have to be willing to spend perhaps half an hour experimenting with both spatial placement of the sub as well as position of the volume knob to determine your preferred settings. However, once I configured both to my liking, the sub simply blended in with the rest of my speakers. The main speakers I used to test with for music were my pair of SS-F5000 floor speakers from the same line. After configuring the sub placement and volume level for music (I figured it would be easier to determine the appropriate volume through music and not a movie with special effects), I watched a couple of action movies. The level was appropriate for these as well, and the floor shook to a gratifying degree at the appropriate times. (I have not tried the automatic sensing of where bass is needed, and don't really plan to, since the crossover on my receiver is preset relatively high, meaning it would be on all of the time anyway.)

All things considered, this sub can do all I wanted it to do, namely provide a natural filling-out of the lower frequencies in my music as well as reproduce the rumbles and booms in action movies. I would recommend this sub to anyone on a tight budget, although I feel it is a great product regardless of its low cost.
"


Would you recommend this product to a friend?: Yes
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Review 17 for Sony 10" 100-Watt Powered Subwoofer

Customer Rating
5
5.0 5
 
Awesome Subwoofer   06/07/2009
By AndyK123
Value for Price
5
5.0 5
 
Sound Quality
5
5.0 5
 
Appearance
5
5.0 5
 
Power
5
5.0 5
 

What's great about it: Easy to set up, good price, GREAT BASS!!!
What's not so great: Power button location

"Had this sub for a little over a week, and I love it! It only cost $100 and it was totally worth it! I'm currently watching The Dark Knight and at some parts, by windows were shaking! I am really pleased with this Sony Sub! Thanks to this 10'' Sub, I will be buying Sony floor standing and a center channel and also Sony bookshelf speakers! Sony is one of the best brands and with awesome prices!"

Would you recommend this product to a friend?: Yes
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Review 18 for Sony 10" 100-Watt Powered Subwoofer

Customer Rating
5
5.0 5
 
Small and mighty on a budget   05/18/2009
By utexhrns34 from Austin, TX
Value for Price
5
5.0 5
 
Sound Quality
4
4.0 5
 
Appearance
4
4.0 5
 
Power
4
4.0 5
 

What's great about it: Price and sound
What's not so great: Power

"This is a budget sub. If you have the money or need more power, I recommend to go with Klipsch or Polk. My next sub will be Klipsch once I get a new sub with new speakers. I had to get a new sub bc I got a new Pioneer receiver. My old Sony receiver was a part of a htib and came with a passive sub. This thing is cheap and does it job. The bass is control and tight. No rattling or boomy sounds. For a 100 bucks, you can't beat this deal. Plus they match my current Sony speakers. Don't use the cable in the box and get something of a better quality to use."

Would you recommend this product to a friend?: Yes
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Review 19 for Sony 10" 100-Watt Powered Subwoofer

Customer Rating
5
5.0 5
 
Great sub   05/16/2009
By willie711 from Houston,Tx
Value for Price
5
5.0 5
 
Sound Quality
5
5.0 5
 
Appearance
5
5.0 5
 
Power
4
4.0 5
 

What's great about it: Great price,good sound

"good sub for the money,good sound,overall great.thinking of buying another one for even better sound.Sony always has great products for the money ,all my electronics are Sony and i've always been satisfied."

Would you recommend this product to a friend?: Yes
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Review 20 for Sony 10" 100-Watt Powered Subwoofer

Customer Rating
4
4.0 5
 
Great Price, Good Sub   02/21/2009
By MadKiller from Vallejo, CA
Value for Price
5
5.0 5
 
Sound Quality
4
4.0 5
 
Appearance
5
5.0 5
 
Power
3
3.0 5
 

What's great about it: Price, Looks Great, Sounds Pretty Good
What's not so great: Only 100w

"Bought it today and sounds pretty good. Got it for $100 and seems to be well worth the money. If you have more bucks than me, get a bigger better one, but for low budget people like me, its great."

Would you recommend this product to a friend?: Yes
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