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- From: lstowell@pyrnova.mis.pyramid.com (Lon Stowell)
- Newsgroups: rec.audio
- Subject: Re: Comments on Yamaha's subwoofers, please.
- Message-ID: <185104@pyramid.pyramid.com>
- Date: 22 Jan 93 23:46:59 GMT
- Sender: daemon@pyramid.pyramid.com
- Reply-To: lstowell@pyrnova.pyramid.com.pyramid.com (Lon Stowell)
- Organization: Pyramid Technology Corporation
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- In article <nnhut.727719893@bcarh676> nnhut@bnr.ca (Nhut Nguyen) writes:
- >Hello netters,
- >
- >I am tempted to buy a (powered) subwoofer for my system, and a local
- >store has the Yamaha's 70watts model on sale for around 450$CAN.
- >
- Those were going for $269 US just before Christmas, but this area
- is pretty competitive.
-
- >I would like to hear your opinion about this price and this model.
- >Is this a good buy? My main use is for music and movies.
-
- Of the pwered subs in that class/range, it is IMHO one of the
- better ones. The variable level and bandwidth make it fairly
- simple to integrate into a pair of mains.
-
- At 450, I would be tempted to look into the HSU Research passive
- and snoop around for a used amp.
-