Sunfire HRS-12 Powered Subwoofer Review

[rmk]

True story: They actually do this, except with amplifiers, @ Cedia Expo. It's part of the "Installer Olympics".

Ding ding ding … we have a winner!
Unfortunately, his “in the industry” status disqualifies him from any prize consideration.

 

[haraldo]

I agree that most long throw woofers don't sound very good at all. Never judge a sub by the size of the surround or motor structure or throw of the driver. If it were that simple, we'd all be using car audio subwoofer drivers in our homes.

Some very long throw subwoofers just don't work with some satellite speakers, especially if they're closed box and say a -3dB at 75 Hz, there are some very capable speakers with such properties. I have a pair of Duntech PCL-15's,,you just can't match them with long throw sub's with very heavy diaphragms, because the woofers will just be too slow and lagging behind (I don't know this, it's just what I believe and what I think that I perceive....)

Well, this is just my opinion, but do you agree? and is that something to be considered for reviews? what's the actual upper frequency's that the subwoofer will actually handle without getting into real issues........

B.T.W VERY NICE REVIEW INDEED !

Regards

Harald N

 

[gene]

An event held annually at the Audioholics State of the CE Union where the contestants test their physical strength by heaving subwoofers on a gridded Heaving Field . Three time champ is Gene DellaSala!

After lugging that new Denon 10ch amp up my flight of steps, I am ready to do some long throws of virtually any subwoofer

 

[haraldo]

I'm considering going all the way from Norway to CE state of the Union, do you think, that'll be worth it?

 

[gene]

I'm considering going all the way from Norway to CE state of the Union, do you think, that'll be worth it?

Wow you would probably qualify as the longest traveler to our event in its history if you come! Its definately worth and I am not just saying that because I am hosting it

• 2 days of great product demos

• Debut of new products from Yamaha, EMP, Pioneer, Emotiva and others

• Great food! (breakfast for 2 days, formal dining event)

• Costume party, dance and entertainment

• free educational seminars

• chance to hang with Audioholics staff

• Disney access

• tons of free party swag and product giveaways

• a nice week of warm weather

Check out our video from last years event which was only about 1/2 the size of this one:
http://www.audioholics.com/news/trade-show-coverage/videos/2007-ce-union-overview-video

 

[haraldo]

And the weather
Aaaaaa sorry, you already stated that

 

[sbeveraggi]

Do you think this sub will blend well with satellites crossed over at 100hz?
Will 1 HRS-12 be enough to fill a 3000 cubic feet room?
Thanks.

 

[rmk]

HRS-12 impressions

I had the HRS-12 in my system for about a week. I had limited time to actually play with it but the HRS left a very favorable impression.

At first I ran it with my dual F113’s placed front right (the Fathoms are on the left side wall) and felt it blended very well with the Fathoms. Then, I turned the Fathoms off and ran it alone and then did a brief A/B with a single F113. It really is a very nice little sub for the money. Build quality and finish are good and it plays clean and loud down to the low 20Hz region. It handled music and movies very well clean output that was almost Fathom like. At its street price, two or even four of these would make for a very nice HT implementation and the small form factor is a big plus for flexible positioning and hence bass optimization.

I have returned this “demo” model to my dealer but I am thinking of going to quad subs in my HT room and this little sub (it makes the small Fathom’s look huge) is on the short list for that duty.

One side note, the packaging is incredible … triple boxed with a velvet sock cover on the sub. Nice job Sunfire!

 

[azimuth]

I would be very interested about the frequency response of this sub.
I didn't find anywhere a FR graph it seems weird that anybody measured it.