It compliments these speakers nicely

It compliments these speakers nicely

The first one I tried after reading a barrage of good reviews in Amazon is Polk PSW 10, which to be very honest with you should not be called a sub woofer, because it all it does is some rumble sound and no base, next I tried the HSU STF-1, which I must say a fantastic product, had I have a bigger room and more powerful speaker set I would have settled for it, but my speakers were too small for it, so I finally ordered the Bic 1020, after researching that it has almost similar spec as with the STF-1, and boy what a choice, it is a perfect match for my system

I have seen kids poke and smash speakers... so the down firing sub helps prevent that

I'm running this subwoofer with some Polk TSi speakers (surprisingly great speakers for the money

I use it in a 13'x17' space that is open at one side and it's paired with a set of 5 Energy Take Classic speakers

so, if you buy really cheap bookshelf speakers, that can't supply some lower bass, you'll have some gaps.

Also, you can BARELY hear some sublag (this is when the speaker has to work its way up to the full potential, and can affect the quality).

To fix this, just unscrew the 8 screws holding the speaker in, and tape it to the walls of the sub box, and it should work fine.

i didnt drive it hard,i think all speakers need a break in period my self and it should only get better with time.ive heard better subs but for 160.00 shipping included its hard to

Take Classic 5.0 speakers which were also SUPER cheap

Bic makes a solid heavy speaker with excellent sound for the non-audiophile that can tell quality, but can't justify the expense when the family just wants to enjoy and impress on movie night

may overpower your speakers

If you are looking at replacing an "all in one theatre" with a real system, but retain your all in one speakers, that most likely use an unpowered sub, this thing will far exceed the capacities of your avg suround speaker

There is an old saying, "Location, location, location", and this applies to subwoofers as well as to real estate.