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Review on πŸš— Alphasonik HSW208 Hyper 200 Series: Powerful 8" Car Subwoofer with 600 Watts RMS and High Grade Magnet by Chris Quinto

Revainrating 5 out of 5

Upgrade for Polk Audio LSi15

This subwoofer is a very good upgrade from the standard subwoofer in the LSi15 floorstanding speakers. excellent 5.25" drivers in the speakers, in the 8" version it is hollow, thin and poorly driven compared to this subwoofer with about the same sensitivity. The Lsi15s are what you pay for (MSRP or lower), but this factory replacement subwoofer fixes the only downside I've had with them. Movies are too. It also sounds great and is proportionally really quiet or "melts my high frequency crossover" (I've done that before) loud. At 150% of the Revain price ($46 at the time of writing) I just don't see how you can go wrong with this in a car application unless, as others have pointed out, you're not using pure SPL. The previous one was a warning to those who may not understand the surface factor. They're loud enough without distortion, loud enough to be played continuously without distortion, so the rest of your audio comes out at a level where OSHA would require hearing protection for the duration of exposure. In terms of quality this when paired with a reasonably sized ported box (my stereo home app is ported so I can't comment on the quality of the sealed box) should be a leader in price and/or performance. a list of everyone who can try.

Pros
  • Several competitors
Cons
  • A newer model could have been chosen