Customer Ratings & Reviews

In all honesty I exchanged this subwoofer for a Polk PSW108 about a week after I bought it but the only reason I did that was because the Polk subwoofer dropped down to 4 cents lower price than this one and because I have Polk bookshelf speakers. That aside this subwoofer had a great sound that I can only describe as "controlled and clean" where if I had to describe the Polk PSW108 I'd say that sounds "open and powerful". Neither is a bad choice and I'd say listen to both in the store for your own preference. Best advice I have though is if you're using RCA/Composite cables to connect this to your receiver and your receiver only has one RCA subwoofer pre-out like mine (Pioneer VSX-524-K) does then use an RCA Y splitter to connect it to both left and right inputs on the back of this subwoofer. It became much more responsive when I did that even though the manual says to just connect it to left alone. RCA Y-Adapter: http://www.bestbuy.com/site/dynex-rca-y-audio-adapter-black/9784802.p?id=1218174133750&skuId=9784802 Lastly as a warning this subwoofer has a very bright blue light that might be distracting in a dark movie viewing. Nothing a little electrical tape can't fix though.

Ivery much have enjoyed my new subwoofer I purchased at best buy. nothing like that beat coming out of it

well built,great sound, looks really good, I would buy another

Its not to bad. Should have bought the Klipsch - Reference 10" 300W. Twice the money but 3 time the SUB, I would be happy now. I've had Pioneer before and it was quite good. Pioneers in my autos as well. This sub distorts quite a bit at higher levels. Hope it lives a long time. We will see.

I shopped around and read some reviews and demo'd a few of the smaller subs for a 12 x 16 room. This sub preforms very well in my system and I have it crossed at 100 hz with a Yamaha processor. If you want to spend twice as much , I would buy 2 then.... because this hits hard and sounds like a servo sub that runs 5-10 as much. Very impressed !

So, these things hum. I bought two of them for "5.2" and because of the audiophile reviews; 1 was in-stock in-store and the other had to be ordered and was rigged up today. The first one has a hum when plugged in - that's to any socket on any floor -- no change. In the corner of a 'media room' - the hum is very noticeable, so I wasn't happy. When the second came in, the same hum was present; I even listened to the one in-store and it too, had a hum. So, to alleviate the hum, here's what I'm playing with now. I grabbed a dedicated 'accessory' surge strip - for my AppleTV, Chromecast, BluRay and the two Pioneer Subs. When I'm not using the TV / Music etc, I turn the power strip off; this eliminates the annoying hum - and once the movie / music are blaring, the hum is masked. Will this also save some cash on having things powered off? We shall see. But, tonight - the original The Fast and the Furious was fired up in DTS Master and it was cranking through my Denon AVR-X4000 after the second sub had been configured into the Audyssey MultEQ XT32. The rumbles and explosions were great - and outside of the hum, these things seem pretty good. Oh wait, I put some electrical tape over the SUPER ANNOYING blue/purple light on the front. That is all.

For the overall small size of the box and small size of the sub, this unit really works great. I was worried that 100 watts wasn't going to be enough power to give me the bass I wanted. I was wrong. I have the "volume" set at just a tick past half and I find that for some music/tv/movies, this is too much. I still need to play around with the location, but that will have to wait till I get a cord long enough. Until then, Fist bump to Pioneer.

Good, solid bass without boominess. I bought this to replace a 5 year old smaller powered subwoofer which died of old age. The Pioneer was more than an replacement. It was an upgrade. After connecting to my Pioneer 5.1 A/V receiver and adjusting the frequency cutoff and volume controls I found the sweet spot for my living room. Response is just what I want: good low end for music and a powerful response for "action" movies. But no thumping or booming. I thought the price was quite good for a subwoofer that performs this well.

Was glad to see Pioneer products are still available......had not looked for "stereo" components since the 70s!!!!!! Who knew that in the electronic age we would still get the best sound from a similar set up we used in the 70s?! I was surprised. This is a great subwoofer as it has it's own settings and and connections on the back......super easy to install!

Good price,good sound easy to hide. Good option if you have a small place and you need a subwoofer.

I wasn't expecting much from such a small and inexpensive subwoofer but I've been blown away. I was planning on purchasing this as a temporary solution until I could budget in an SVS or similar subwoofer but after listening to this sub for a couple of months, I've decided that it will stay! I live in a moderately sized townhouse and this little sub fills the room with clean and deep output. It matches perfectly with the rest of my Pioneer speakers and receiver. I love listening to both movies and music with this sub. I have it mounted about 12-14" from the corner of my room and I've yet to reach anywhere near the limit of what this sub can do (I don't want to disturb my neighbors so I'm talking a moderate listening level here). Will this sub shake your grandma's porcelain QVC dolls off the shelf? Probably not but it will fill your room with good clean bass.

I am very pleased with my new subwoofer from Pioneer. Awesome performance! It looks great, sounds great, has all the right features, well written manual, and beat all the others in price to boot! I have had several systems through the many, many decades of enjoying home theater and great rock and roll, and will add one additional comment...This subwoofer rocks!

I have 2 of these subwoofers now as part of my 5.2 setup. The first one I bought from a different seller and had to exchange it because of the annoying loud buzzing sound it made. I bought my 3rd one from Best Buy and it has a very quiet hum. This is the only reason this isn't a 5 star item. This subwoofer has very good bass for its size and fits perfectly with the rest of the (Andrew Jones) Pioneer speaker set.

Works as should big sound looks nice very economical

first i bough the expensive $900 system but it wasn't what i was looking for so i return it and look at this pioneer and when i hook it up it blast me out with the great sound and bass quality awesome purchase... love the design and sound. if you looking for a great price value bass and sound system this is a must have

I purchased this sub to go with my Pioneer bookshelf speakers & av receiver.. the set up was easy, very happy with the sound quality, pricing, compact sub.

Fantastic Sound, easy to set up and use right away! Had to buy this to replace the original woofer on my surround sound. This subwoofer was far better than the original one was!

Was looking for a sub to pair with my audioengine a2+ speakers and I found it. Deep clean bass with all the connections and setting you could ask for. Went in to buy the polk psw10 and came out with this much happier plus it has a smaller footprint which is perfect for my Computer setup.

Got a new 65" 3d smart tv and had to buy a new receiver with 3d pass through. Ended up getting a nice Pioneer receiver at a great sale price. Have Bose speakers and an Omnistat speaker system setup. The Omnistat subwoofer stopped working a while ago and with the new 3d I needed better sound. After reading all the reviews I decided on the Pioneer subwoofer. The price was right and the sound is better than I thought it would be. It is so nice to have the deep rumbling in the action films. I forgot what a subwoofer can do. Now I will never be without one again.

I bought this subwoofer after using a plain sound system subwoofer and boy was there a difference! the bass was clearer and had alot more power than my older subwoofer. Great adjustement knobs on the back and hooking into my receiver was super easy along with configuration.