How is the bass on these? I have Infinity SM 152 with 12" woofer for front speakers and worry I won't get the same great bass with these. Thoughts?
404071
If you have the SM152's then you have 15" woofers in those. The SM 122's have 12". I have owned both. I now have Polk audio rti8's and Monitor 70'S. Though I don't have a pair of the RTIA9's I can say the RTI8's and Monitor 70's have good bass for the size they are. The infinity SM 152'S I owned had really good deep tight bass. As I recall the Infinitys were more efficient than these Polks. Something like 105 DB 1W1M. These Polks will need a decent amp to drive them properly to get their full potential.
404072
Surprisingly, the bass is very good on the RTI A9's due to the porting technology. However for THX movies, I have a Polk DSW PRO 550WI 10" subwoofer as well for really strong thumping. The subwoofer is tucked away in a corner behind the seating area and the combo front back bass is excellent.
2261802
with adequate power to the speakers, they put out great full range sound with good midbass. I am a bit of a basshead, I will probably add the sub if it is still available this summer. I am not sure if it has a crossover built into the unit.
1430920
I love these speakers I use then as my main speakers and they sound amazing!! The bass a low volume is great and and turned up the bass that comes out of them almost sounds like I have subwoofers..... I love them I want another pair for my rears!!!!!
661040
I have never heard the s series, but these waaaaam. All depends on your setup. I have a hifonics brx 1600.1d and it pushes my 2 12" comprs pretty hard. I'm sure the s series, if rated around the same, may sound about the same. I've noticed that my kickers hit harder than my 2 12 mtxs but the quality is a tad worse. Get a good rated box, 0 ga, and a 1600.1d for these and I guarantee you'll enjoy.
1832137
I agree with yaadman01. Great for music and movies, but limited on bass at louder volumes. For deep bass you are going to need a subwoofer which I have. I replaced an old pair of full range Infinity speakers (same size, two-way) and was pleasantly surprised by the sound. Bright highs from the 3/4" high-freq driver and full mid range and mid bass from the 5-1/4" low-freq driver. I set the speaker size to small with the crossover at 80Hz on my 90W/channel receiver to protect with movies. P153s are rated at 10 - 100W and 58Hz - 20kHz. Hard to go wrong for the price per speaker considering the pair I replaced was three times as expensive. Limited warranty is 5 years parts and labor.
789081
The bass is descent for the size of the speaker, as long as you have sufficient power going into them, I drive them with old school 85 RMS - 300 peak amp is dialed back to about 3/4 and the perform extremely well.
1327067
The bass is awesome for 6.5 inch speakers ... They are pretty powerful and still very clear.
540445
The ATHM50RD are very accurate, I use them with a NAD 375BEE, they sound like Paradigm monitor 9 speakers. If you have a good source and an ear for sound you can't go wrong at this price point. However if your plugging them into a mp3 player and like heavy bass music then don't buy them. Not that they don't have very good bass, they just don't try to replicate a sub woofer by adding distortion and making your music muddy which is great if all you listen to is very heavy bass driven music.
93048
They are no so bass heavy as to creat distortion with pop or rock. It's just relative to the M-100s I think they have a bias toward the bass end of the sound spectrum. There is no distortion, just the beautiful sound no matter what type of music you're listening to.
2074541
I have heard of it, but I wonder how the bass response would be with only 5 1/4 woofers. Mine is paired with JBL Es80s and I am very pleased so far. Especially for the money. But at the current price you can't beat the 363s.
1974912
If you think the bass on the DV 64's is good, you're gonna be in for a huge surprise if you get the PL-89's. I have them in my room, and even at full blast the 8" woofers are still able to keep booming along with everything else. Also the quality of the sound is more clear than any other speaker I've heard within the $1000 range. There's a reason they're $500 more expensive than the DV 64's. To get even more boom, I bought a Bic America f-12 (which I seriously recommend you do). It is a great 12" subwoofer and produces more bass than any other $200 sub on the market. (seriously, $200 is a steal for how good this thing is). You may need to upgrade your amp to get the full potential out of these though, as they require a large amount of power to play at near full volume.
789183
Right now I have a 12" MTX sub that I enjoy just for the smooth bass, but I want to upgrade to a 12" Infinity Kappa sub. I would say a sub no more than 1200 watt max will satisfy.
1681933
I think they're pretty solid. They seem able to get pretty low in terms of frequency response. Mount them in a well made box and play around with your input power and gain and you can tune them pretty nicely. These are NOT 10 or 12" subwoofers. I would say a pair of these compares to a nice high power 10" or lower power 12".
1774468
The bass on these subs is tremendous. You just need to make sure you have enough power to support them because they hit hard. Very hard. Personally I would pick these, not because kicker is bad, just fosgate is better.
1660274
They have have great sound but the subwoofer depends on how deep younwant your bass. I purchases subwoofer with mine and they sound great
886747
This is a spl sub, that said they also sound great. They are quite under rated. I'm running a pair of 12's on a SAZ-2500d and they are the most hard hitting subs I've had so far.
305076
The pros hurt my head. I liked the bass signature better than the M50s, but I sent them back. If your looking for a good, standard HIFI, neutral can, then the M50s are really good. Frankly, you can't go wrong with them. I was going to buy them, then I found another set that I fell in love with (Phillips Fidelio L1s).