YAMAHA 8" 100W Powered Subwoofer - Black (NS-SW050BL)

5 stars, excellent service, great price, great speaker !!!!! Highly recommended

Super happy with it and and couldn't be easier for an older lady to hook up!! Never knew how much I missed that BASS!

The Yamaha 8” replaced a venerable 10” Sony that offered good but not refined bass. Seemingly the Yamaha is well suited for my 20x15' living room. Powered by a Yamaha receiver and matched with two Fluance floor speakers and three Fluance surround speakers, the Yamaha sub fits very well in my setup and delivers smooth well controlled bass. The subwoofer performs excellently on music, both vocal and instrumental. Just today my wife and I were watching a Caroline Campbell (violin) and Hauser (cello and bass) performance from the Rome Colosseum...beautiful music. On movies that are bass heavy (“Independence Day,” “Midway,” etc.)the Yamaha 8” can produce significant thump when called on. For its modest price I’m quite happy with my purchase.

Pros,1. 50 watts(not 100 watts like advertised) which of powerful enough for small apartments and smaller rooms.2. A simple layout of a power switch, one RCA output plug and a level knob.3. Great build quality and very sturdy, you can tell by it's weight for it's size.4. Running two of these would be great for bigger rooms for easy placement because they're not too big.5. Sound quality is decent once tweaked.6. Takes the low end load off all the other speakers and because of this it will give you more volume without having to turn up your volume.Cons,1. You'll need to tweak your crossover frequencies, sub level and LPF to get optimal sound.2. For a little more you could get a Polk Audio with a 10 inch driver for more headroom.3. When increasing the bass level the sub will distort around 7 or so, I'd advise going no higher than 7 and at 5.5 that should be plenty of bass for a smaller room. If you need more bass I'd advise buying a bigger more powerful driver.4. It lacks features crossover adjustment on the speaker, auto-power so you don't have to turn the sub on and off and other input/output options.For my needs it's perfectly fine and has more than enough power, but if I get a bigger place I'd get a second to fill to room better with bass.

I bought this mini sub when I was living in my apartment because I’m a big movie person, but didn’t want to piss off the neighbors with a larger, true HT sub (plus I was on a tight budget), and was very pleasantly surprised. It’s only an 8” driver, so you can’t compare it to a 12” or bigger driver, that’s not realistic, but it’s fantastic for what it is. This thing rumbles and it has a nice tactile punch to it. I never turned the gain knob up past 5/10. I would absolutely recommend this sub for anyone with SPL (volume) limitations, neighbors, or financial limitations. At 8” it just physically can’t get down ultra low or provide the fullness a bigger driver can, but man does it try, and if you’ve never experienced anything bigger, you won’t be missing anything. I would be very interested to listen to the 10” version, the NS-SW100. Overall, I was thrilled with it for the size and price point at the time when I built my budget 5.1 system. It really is a fantastic little sub and I would absolutely purchase it again. If you have a bigger room or want a true HT sub, you’re gonna have to be realistic and go bigger and a lot more expensive. Otherwise, get this thing (or the 10” NS-SW100) and enjoy!

This is my second one of these. I liked the first one so much I purchased a second. Great sound. This does not come with an RCA cable even though it says so in the description (see photo). Otherwise great purchase.

Product as described in good quality and condition

Wow! The bass on this is amazing! Easy to connect to my Yamaha sound bar. You can adjust the bass volume behind the subwoofer. Highly recommend!