VELODYNE ACOUSTICS VRP1200 Powered Subwoofer

VELODYNE ACOUSTICS VRP1200 Powered Subwoofer

Product Description
Product Description:
With the new VRP series, Velodyne is proud to offer stylish, affordable subwoofers that truly deliver deep, powerful, accurate bass, not just weak, muddy, boomy, Â?mid-bassÂ?. Whether your focus is thunderous reproduction of home theater's challenging special effects, or low, tight, dynamic bass that adds that lifelike quality to your music, the Velodyne VRP Series produces bass that you can really feel at a price anyone can afford. Rated #1 in subwoofers for over twenty years, Velodyne Acoustics has applied their unique Â?Total System DesignÂ? approach to subwoofer engineering in developing these remarkable new products, and you will immediately notice that difference among the VRP line of subwoofers. Flexible, high-quality Crossover system

VELODYNE ACOUSTICS VRP1200 Powered Subwoofer
Average customer rating:

Not so Impressive!

Underwhelmed

VELODYNE ACOUSTICS VRP1200 Powered Subwoofer

Manufacturer: Velodyne Acoustics
ProductGroup: CE
Binding: Electronics

Subwoofers | Speakers | Audio & Video | Categories | Electronics
Audio & Video | Refurbished & Used | Special Features | Electronics Features | Electronics
Product Features:

Monolithic MOS power amplifier for more dynamic headroom (reserve power)

Rear ported for less audible distortion

Video shielding

Adjustable low-pass filter

Phase adjustment

ASIN: B0002MPM9K

Product Description

With the new VRP series, Velodyne is proud to offer stylish, affordable subwoofers that truly deliver deep, powerful, accurate bass, not just weak, muddy, boomy, Â?mid-bassÂ?. Whether your focus is thunderous reproduction of home theater's challenging special effects, or low, tight, dynamic bass that adds that lifelike quality to your music, the Velodyne VRP Series produces bass that you can really feel at a price anyone can afford. Rated #1 in subwoofers for over twenty years, Velodyne Acoustics has applied their unique Â?Total System DesignÂ? approach to subwoofer engineering in developing these remarkable new products, and you will immediately notice that difference among the VRP line of subwoofers. Flexible, high-quality Crossover system

Customer Reviews:

Not so Impressive!.......2007-04-03

I thought the VRP-1200 could fill my room with quality, deep base at theater levels, but came away a little disappointed!

Due to my room size (5K+ cubic feet), Velodyne's website recommends at least two of their larger powered 15" subs (like the DLS-5000R's)! After much testing using "King Kong (extreme action scenes and Kong's throaty grunts)", "Phantom of the Opera (organ pedal tones)" and "Happy Feet (ship ice crusher scene), I've determined they are right!! The VRP-1200, for the money, would work okay in a 2K cf room, but not mine! Returned and purchased an Axiom 12" powered sub (EP500) w\a lot more power, extension, output and of course, price!!

"5" stars was granted upon my inital testing. After living with the VRP1200 for a couple of weeks, I'd still rate it "5" stars for the money if used in a much smaller room. However, in my large room, it would rate "2.5" or less (not really the products fault)!

Underwhelmed.......2007-03-25

After reading rave reviews about the VRP 1200 on a popular electronic store website I decided to take the plunge and purchase it to replace my old KLH 100W 8" subwoofer. I expected a dramatic improvement in performance but what I ended up getting was a very underwhelming experience. In fact, I thought the KLH (that I bought for $199)produced more bass, maybe not as clean but it had more impact and "oomph". I guess I should qualify my review by saying that I might have gotten a defective VRP because I just don't know how almost every reviewer gave this speaker a high rating. So when I got the subwoofer (picked it up at the local electronics store), I immediately hooked it up (using Y adaptor) and started popping in movies. The big disappointment was that I had to crank the volume knob on the sub up to 75% in order to hear some semblance of deep bass and even then it wasnt anything close to being "earth shaking". I suspected that maybe my stereo system wasn't up to snuff and so I took the subwoofer to my brother's house who has a top of the line stereo set up and also has a higher end velodyne that shakes the house (at only 25% volume). We tested the VRP using his system and to my dismay it came up with the same results, passable bass but only if you crank up the sub volume control to at least 75%. After that experiment I immediately returned the product and decided to pick up the HSU VTF1 which costs slightly more than the VRP. I hooked it up to my system last night and Boom-shalaka-laka-BOOM! The thing blew the doors off of my basement and the sub power knob was barely at 25%. The HSU is a great product...it has excellent bass, tons of options in the back, etc. Check out their website(Hsu Research). I don't work for Hsu or have any affiliation with them, I'm just a fellow consumer that wanted to share my experience with others so they can make an informed and smart decision about what to buy. In hindsight, I may have gotten a defective VRP but another reason may be because the VRP 1200 only has 130W driving a large 12" woofer, whereas the HSU has 200W driving a 10" woofer. I think that makes a huge difference. If your going to go with a 12" then you need way more power.

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