I live in Fort Wayne, they sound so awesome!
The "subwoofer" is decent when you have the right stuff to power it, which I do. I figure I paid $30 for the system + $25 for the Fisher integrated (stable with 4 ohms, massive power supply, lots of juice
). It is working as temp untill I fix the M&K. I was using the Fisher to power one of the woofers in the M&K and it sounded very bleh, nothing will beat the internal electronics of the M&K.
So the scoop-
The things you hear about them putting bricks inside the cabinets is absolutely true. The "subwoofer" has two soft orange bricks in the bottom cleverly hidden by some wood and insulation (the insulation is intended to hide the wood from view if you happen to look in the bass port on the bottom rear. The bricks are securely fasten and don't vibrate. The port noise is slightly annoying, but better than Athena's first subwoofer offerings.
I removed the spider web protector and the port noise reduced significantly.
The "bass"-
The specs are fairly accurate to what it does, it says 40Hz is the lowest extension, and it is right around that. I could still hear some usefull output at 35Hz. The woofer baskets are wimpy, could easily bend them with my hand if I had the mind to do so. The particle board is 1/4" I believe and makes a very nice "bong" echo sound when you do the knuckle wrap test.
This system was designed to be connected to the front stereo outputs of a receiver and power sent back out to the front left/right. This arrangement sucks, the bass is over dominant and there is no x-over so it sounds terrible. But, I am using the Fisher, as mentioned before, to power the "subwoofer" and it sounds good for a $30 "subwoofer, especially when using the x-over on the Yamaha, it really smooths things out to respectable usage. The bass quality is equivelant to mid-fi HTIAB, and probably would do better in overall output all things considered.
Will be posting pics within the hour.
