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JBL Venue Series SUB12 12-Inch 500-Watt Subwoofer | 
 enlarge | Brand: JBL
Category: CE
List Price: $429.99
Buy Used: $299.99
You Save: $130.00 (30%)
Avg. Customer Rating:  77 reviews
Sales Rank: 17733
Color: Black
Media: Electronics
Shipping Weight (lbs): 39.5
Dimensions (in): 18 x 15 x 20
MPN: SUB12
Model: SUB12
UPC: 050036911467
EAN: 0050036911467
ASIN: B000FBRC6Y
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Subwoofer with frequency response range of 50 to 150 Hz | | • | Peak dynamic power handling of 500 watts | | • | Uses FreeFlow flared port for bass response without distortion | | • | Woofers constructed of PolyPlas for clearer audio output |
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Product Description
The Venue Series SUB12 powered subwoofer is just the ticket to bring your home theater system to life. SUB12 performs like a pro, with technology developed by JBL's Professional division. Equipped with JBL's tried-and-true PolyPlas woofer, this subwoofer delivers the low-frequency goods. Special effects in your favorite movies, assisted by the FreeFlow flared port, are loud and clear, without unwanted distortion or boominess. A powerful amplifier backs up the 12-inch woofer with high-output. LFE- and line-level inputs provide maximum connection flexibility. Convenient level and crossover-frequency controls and a phase switch let you tailor the SUB12's performance to your room's acoustics or your taste.
Amazon.com Product Description
Designed to meet JBL's stringent audio standards, the Venue Series SUB12 subwoofer uses premium technology to let your home-theater system deliver those pulsing lower frequencies with maximum sound quality. With a frequency response of 25 Hz and a variable low-pass frequency of 50 to 150 Hz all backed up by a powerful amplifier and assisted by a FreeFlow flared port, the SUB12 gives you low notes loud, clear, and distortion-free. The amplifier power is 300 watts, with a peak dynamic power of 500 watts. The 12-inch woofer is constructed from JBL's proven PolyPlas material and housed in a 19.75 x 14.375 x 18 inch case, making it compact enough to position easily in your home theater. The SUB12 comes with LFE- and line-level inputs to give you connection flexibility, and crossover-frequency controls and a phase switch let you adjust the SUB12's output to suit your audio needs.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 72 more reviews...
 Simply Amazing for the price! October 17, 2008
This subwoofer has made all my movies come to life. You don't truly realize how much a woofer has to do with the movie experience until you get a high quality one. JBL has hit a homerun with this piece of equipment. I have no complaints. Once you find the right level for your sound system it's bass heaven. I got this for $165 on amazon.
Nice Sub! September 28, 2008
It took me years to get a sub, so I did a lot of searching. Amazon's price was great when I bought it. For some reason the price has skyrocketed here. I think someone realized what a great value it was and upped the price to reflect the quality of it.
Bass is clean and crisp. It took sometime to adjust the little volume know at the back to complement the music and different volumes and NOT drown out the speakers. I don't know what one of the reviewers was talking about when he mentioned the volume level was low. It can get loud enough listening to music at a low volume when you crank up the volume knob to get my roommates to complain about it. Did he know about the volume knob? It's hidden in the back near the power switch. The low end is nice and low. I put a song in there that had an intro that played frequencies down to 20Hz. It handled them all the way down to the advertised 25Hz with gusto. After that the Sub drops off quickly. Maybe there's a market for Sub-Subs.
The thing is built solid like a sub should be. The front grill not shown in the picture is curved, tastefully grey and looks very nice, and fits snug. It has a very cool looking checkerboard pattern in the front and the black wood's finish looks great. It's just too bad it's hidden under my furniture.
I have absolutely zero complaints about this unit. I just wish I could turn it up more often, but my roommates wouldn't like the bass rumbling through the house. When I first got it I had the bass higher and when I'd turn up my receiver a bit too much you could hear and feel the bass all the way in the kitchen which is down the hall and through the foyer.
Again I don't know how I got it so cheap. I think it was on sale at the time
Great Buy! August 21, 2008
We got this JBL to replace an umderperforming 150-watt (yeah, right) Sony SA-WM500. We have a 7.1 setup, and right away the entire home theatre sounded great! We'd actually like to get another one for our bedroom setup.
My SO was always complaining about missing dialogue with the Sony Center speaker... that stopped as soon as this baby was hooked up. LFEs sound deep without being boomy. The Sony SA-WM500 made many LFEs sound like flatulence.
When we upgrade our living-room HD in a few months, I think we'll go with an all-JBL home-theater setup.
Best home sub I've ever owned. July 25, 2008
Recived mine yesterday. Product exceeded my expectations. Ive owned crappy cheap subs before like radio shack ones and 'home theater in a box' packages so I had no clue what a real sub was soposed to sound like. I have a sony mini system that came with a sub and it had a sticker on the stereo sayin that it had like 530 total watts so I thought it would sound great. In reality the sub that came with it sounded cheap and crappy. I bought this sub mainly because of the price: $200.00 is what I paid for mine. Anywayz I hook it up to my cheap sony mini system that has a sub output and I was amazed by the low frequencys it could reach. I poped a d.v.d. in and was watchin previews. The ceeling started to creak and resonate and the windows rattled. I set the frequancy response to '20' and turned the amp all the way up (which is how I usually set my subs up).
So yea its great, it can reach the lows that I thought were only possible at the theater. Clean, non distorted sound........ just awsome. If you have like a medium or small room this sub is all you need. If you have a large living room I might suggest the 1200 watt model, but I'm compleatly satisfied with this one.
JBL SUB12 July 23, 2008
I purchased thi unit to replace a 10" Yamaha unit that I had for 8 years. I was looking for a unit that would have deeper, stronger bass for movies and music. Setting this unit up was easy and was up and running in minutes. The controls are simple, volume and frequency cutoff. Once adjusted this unit worked very well. Strong clear bass without distortion. Extremely good sound. I would recommend it to anyone wanting to upgrade.
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