Powered woofers


I'm interested in the experiences and opinions of people regarding speakers using built-in powered woofer sections.

Some loudspeakers use a woofer section that's physically part of the main speakers (not housed in a separate subwoofer enclosure) yet powered by either its own plate amp or a separate dedicated amp. Examples include models from Anthony Gallo Acoustics (the Nucleus Reference 3 can use a separate bass amp), Avantgarde, Definitive Technology, Genesis, Polk Audio, Tyler Acoustics (as an option in the PD 80), Vandersteen, Von Schwiekert, and Zu.

Any and all comments, including additions of speakers that I've left out, are welcome.

Thanks!

Duke
audiokinesis

Showing 1 response by nuguy

I have the PD80's with the amps. The problem I had was a lack of knowledge. I had them a little loud at first and the placement was all wrong. It took some playing around, but I've pretty much got them set up now so that they don't sound like subs at all. Also they are quite efficient, so really low volume listening is surprisingly good. I'm happy.