PSB SubSeries 100 Mini Desktop Subwoofer Review

01 of 06

The Perwoofer Perfect for Space Spaces?

Brent Butterworth

Pangosvika 6.75 masendimita akakwirira, PSB SubSeries 100 ndiyo shoma shoma randakaona mumakore makumi maviri nemakumi manomwe ekuongorora. Ndeipi chikamu chiduku chakadai zvakadaro? Shure kwezvose, neofer 5.25-inch chete, hapana nzira iyo inogona kutamba yakakwirira-yakadzika, zvakarurama?

Rudyi. Asi madhidhiyo maitiro ehurongwa haadi ruzivo rwakadzika-yakadzika. Vanongoda zvishoma zvishoma, uye ndizvo zvinonzi SubSeries 100 yakagadzirirwa kupa. Ndinofungidzira iwe unogona kushandisa imwe kana maviri mu-super-compact home theater system , asi SubSeries 100 inonyanya kugadzirirwa kushanda nemakombiyuta emadhidhiyo akaita se PSB's Alpha PS1.

02 of 06

PSB SubSeries 100: Zvinhu

Brent Butterworth

• 5.25-inch woofer
• 50 Watts RMS / 100 Watts dynamic peak Dhigiri D
• RCA inonzi analog input
• 0-180 ° shanduko yekuchinja
• 50 kusvika ku150 Hz crossover frequency knob
• USB kutengesa zvabuda
• Kuyera 6.38 x 6.38 x 7.88 mu / 162 x 162 x 199 mm (hwd)
• Kurema 6.05 lbs./2.75 kg

I SubSeries 100 ine mhando yakawanda yakafanana yakagadzirirwa seyakashambadza guru subwoofer , kunze kwekuti inowedzera USB yakabudiswa iyo yaungashandisa kutenga mari yekushandisa.

03 of 06

PSB SubSeries 100: Kugadzirisa uye Ergonomics

PSB vatauri

Ndakashandisa SubSeries 100 mune imwe nzvimbo ye stereo setting neheta yeAlfa PS1s, uye muimba yemitambo yakagadzirirwa ne Outlaw Model 975 preamp / protoresor, AudioControl Savoy vanomwe-channel amp, uye 5.1 system vachishandisa Sunfire CRM-2 speakers . NeAlfa PS1 system, ndakadyisa SubSeries 100 kubva PS1's subwoofer yakabuda. Neimba yeimba yemitambo, ndakashandisa Outlaw's subwoofer yakabuda.

Kugadzirisa SubSeries 100 kwaive kwakazara zvachose neSunfires, kana neAlfa PS1s yakashandiswa pazvigadziro pedyo pedo nemadziro shure kwavo. Zvisarudzo PSB zvakakurudzirwa kushandiswa neAlf PS1 system (yakaonekwa mumufananidzo uri pamusoro) yakashanda zvikuru. SubSeries 100 yakanyatsobatana neAlfa PS1s uye Sunfire system.

Munzvimbo ye desktop, pamwe neAlfa PS1s ndakagara patafura yekicheni yekicheni ini ndinowanzoshandisa se dawati, kuisa SubSeries 100 yakanga iri mhirizhonga yakawanda. Tafura yakagadzirisa zvinyorwa zveAlf PS1s. Nezvose zviri pasi uye vatauri vanobudisa mabhesi makuru, ruzha rwuri kuvharwa uye ruchiva. Ndaifanira kushandura kambani yenguva shossover kusvika paHz 80; flip its phase switch; uye kuchinja huwandu hwacho pasi. Zvakatora anenge maminitsi gumi kuti iitwe-in-in mu-desktop setting.

04 of 06

PSB SubSeries 100: Inhu Inzwi

Brent Butterworth

Pane imwe nguva pandakawana SubSeries 100 yakadanwa zvakanaka, ndaifara chaizvo nayo. Zvaiita sokuti kwandiri shanduro yakanakisisa-inonzwika yebhasi iyo inouya ine zvisingadhura 2.1-kanhi yemabharuti emabhadhari. Izvo zvinoshandiswa zvinonzwika shoma shoma (kana yakawanda boomy) uye isina kufananidzwa, zvimwe nokuti inowanzoitwa nechemberi dzemakabati uye yakarongerwa zvimwe zvezvinhu kunze kwehutano hwakanaka.

SubSeries 100 yaiva nehuwandu hwakafanana uye yakadzika-bass kutambanudza seimwe yemabhonerbarbarbar, asi yakapa pfungwa yakajeka ye punch uye tsanangudzo. Pamusoro peBritish Beat's Ini Handikwanisi Kurega Iko , CD yakazadzwa nemitsara isina kugadziriswa yakasvibirira ye ska, iyo SubSeries 100 yakanyatsoputika, ichindipa hukuru hwemhando ye "chiremera" chemasikari emagetsi. Nheyo dzekunyorera dzinotenderera mune saxophonist Sonny Criss 'kufara, kukwikwidzirwa kwe "Up, Up and Away" kuimba, nheyo imwe neimwe inonzwika zvakanyatsorondedzerwa, kunyange muzinga uye inogara iri mu tonal character.

Kunyangwe pandaitamba "Drawing Flies" kubva ku Soundgarden's intense Badmotorfinger , SubSeries 100 yakandipa zvose zvepamugumo zvandaida.

Ichokwadi, ndaifanira kuwana zvishoma zvishoma, zvakarurama? Dombo reWorin 'haringaiti izvozvo nokuti mabhasiji emagetsi anowira pasi achienda kune 41 Hz chete, nguva yakawanda zvakanaka mukati me SubSeries 100 bandwidth. Saka ini ndakatamba "Kudonha" kubva kumagetsi e-electro-pop Olive, iyo inosanganisira synth bass line ne 32.7-Hz pasi C. C. SubSeries 100 yakaitamba, asi pamutambo wakaderedzwa uye nekunzwika kunokanganisa. Uye apo SubSeries 100 yakanzwika zvakanaka chaizvo neSunfires pandakanga ndichitamba mafirimu akadai, aTalented Mr. Ripley , ruzha rwakanga ruchionda zvishoma munguva yekukurumidza kubuda.

Mutungamiri wePPB uye mukuru wezvigadziri Pauro Barton akanditumira mana SubSeries 100s kuitira kuti ndiedze kuwedzera zvimwe zvekuwedzera uye kugadzirisa mhinduro. Munzvimbo dzekushanda, kunyange zvakadaro, iwe hauna hanya chero imwe yepamusoro pane imwe SubSeries 100 inogona kumira. Ndakapfuurira uye ndakatora mune imwe yechipiri, ndichiiisa anenge mamita masere kubva kune yekutanga mumasikirini angu ekugadzirisa. Kunyange zvazvo ndaifanira kuvhara zvose zviri zviviri kusvika kune imwe nzvimbo yakadzika kuti ndiwane mutsauko wakanaka, ndakanakidzwa nekuwedzerwa kwakanyanyisa mumabhasi ekupindura. Iko-studio-shock bass line kubva kuSteve Dan ya "Aja" yakanzwisisika yakajeka, yakanyatsotarisa, yakananga, uye rhythm.

05 of 06

PSB SubSeries 100: Mitezo

Brent Butterworth

Frequency response
± 3 dB kubva 38 kusvika 142 Hz

Crossover pasi-pass function
-17 dB / octave

CEA-2010A bass output
• Ultra-low bass (20-31.5 Hz) muvhareji: 83.3 dB
20 Hz 78.1 dB
25 Hz 81.4 dB
31.5 Hz 87.6 dB
• Low bass (40-63 Hz) muvhareji: 100.2 dB
40 Hz 94.1 dB
50 Hz 99.3 dB
63 Hz 104.3 dB L

Ndakayera SubSonic 100 vachishandisa my analyzer yangu Clio 10 FW, nemakrofoni yakaiswa mamita 1 kubva pamberi pe subwoofer. Girafu riri pamusoro rinoratidza mhinduro yehuwandu nehuwandu hwepasitasi yakaiswa pahupamhi (ronderedhi yemarandamende) uye neruzhinji rwepasta rinotarirwa ku 80 Hz (ruvara rwepepuru). Iyi mhinduro ndeyezvandaitarisira kubva pamatambudziko angu ekuteerera.

CEA-2010A zviyero zvinotorwa zvakatorwa pamamiriyoni mana, zvakakwana munyaya yeiyi nokuti iri duku uye nokuti yakasimbiswa-bhokisi rakagadzirwa. Miviri inotarwa mu pascals. Izvo zvinobva kune SubSonic 100 hazvisi yakakwirira, asi chokwadi chekuti ndakawana kuenzaniswa kwekunaya kusvika pasi paHz 20 inoshamisa. Zvakawanda zvizhinji zvakakura hazvikwanisi kuita izvozvo. Uyewo, zvinowanikwa muzasi-bass (40-63 Hz) octave zvinongoramba zvisingagadziri kutarisa kuti zviduku zvakadini.

06 of 06

PSB SubSeries 100: Final Take

Brent Butterworth

Hapana mubvunzo kuti SubSeries 100 inzvimbo yakashata yakasikwa. Kune chimwe chinhu chakakura kwazvo, chinotyisa zvinoshamisa uye chakakwirira, uye chinopa kutendeseka kwakanaka kupfuura huwandu hwemhando shomanana inobatanidza iyo inouya ne 2.1-channel soundbars, compact audio systems , nezvimwewo.

Zvisinei, nokuda kwemari shomanana iwe unogona kuwana chimwe chinhu chakafanana neHsu Research STF-1, iyo inonzwika huru uye inokupa zvakawanda zvakawanda kunze kweS Suberies 100. Uye iwe unogona kuwana nhamba ipi neipi yakanaka yakaisvonaka 8-, 10- uye kunyange 12-inch subwoofers kubva kuAmazon zvishoma. Asi, hongu, zvose zvezvinhu izvi zviri zvizhinji, zvakakura kudarika SubSeries 100, uye zvakanyanya kuomera pasi pasi pedeski yako.

Vanhu vanofara vachibhadhara madhora zana nezana pamakamuri echikwata chechipiri pane imwe ndege yendege. NeCsSeries 100, iwe unobhadhara pamusoro pepamu imwechete asi iwe unowana iyo imwe nzvimbo yepamusoro yepamusoro zuva rimwe nerimwe.