Yamaha NS-SW300

Great subwoofer and excellent port – Firstly, I had a Sony MUTEKI 2012W setup and ended up wanting better because everyone know of HTIB (home theatre in a box) not being the greatest. I ended up looking around and eventually decided that I wanted my own personal little setup to start from scratch. I had 2 no name cheap speakers (phantom centre speaker) which never worked properly… Read more

cause the amp back then didn't support more then half of the effect that it was supposed to cause it was so old,, but I found a YST-RSW300 that I ended up getting given at work. Plugged it up and it worked but would flutter from behind the driver at a certain frequency. It would sound phenomenonal on the Fallout 4 start up menu (although being an absolutely horrible game), have deep bass, would have wicked impact and would be really responsive. Although how great it sounded, I eventually got sick of hearing the flutter, which broke immersion in games and movies. I eventually got a Klipsch R52c centre speaker for the vocals, just about 2-3 weeks ago I got the R51M bookshelf speakers until I can get the R820-F for the mains and move the bookshelf speakers to the rear. So I eventually decided to see if there were other ones or even newer ones. Which ended up me finding the NS-SW300,, the result was instantly noticed. I didn't use it too loud and I still don't really use it too loud just yet (being that I've had it for well over a year. I did use the Mono input to start off with but realised that the LFE plug over rides the Mono and frequency dial. And it sounds good, real good. The bass is tremendous, the Fallout 4 menu again sounds deep and impactful. It responds really quickly, the depth of bass that comes out isn't too boomy or over the top. I ended up having yo turn the gain down from half way to about a third of the way up. Having the port on the right side of the cabinet means that you can use the entire room or the wall to extend the bass. I have since purchased a second subwoofer of the exact same. It doesn't really need it because the way I have them yet up is via a gold plated 5m long Y-plug feeding from my single subwoofer pre-out Yamaha RX385V. Not a bad amp but at the time I was limited with the moolah. I can have either subwoofer on while playing video games or movies. And which ever one I do use is in the perfect spot. But if I use both at the same time then although it doesn't get overly explosive or Michael Bay(esq) it gives the illusion of more bass (defined by the 3+dB thanks to the two) I was hesitant to buying a subwoofer because in the past I did buy a Klipsch RS100 which stopped for some reason not even 6 months of buying it and it upset me because it cost so much and I thought that it sounded good. And there's no fuse like all the other ones to be able to replace,, so straight over the shoulder that went and in came the Yamaha NS-SW300 and so glad that I did end up coming down to this one. She enforces power down pact, the rattle of my entire bedroom and the loose things around the house can confirm that. My neighbours even hear it, not from how loud or over the top it is, but by how low and deep it reaches. The port of this design makes you realise that even though it's a compact size, you'll defiantly get more then enough bang for your buck. Realistically, if you want a subwoofer that has great response and that reaches lower then what your soul does going down to hell then this is definitely something for you. It's small and compact and I even have it in a small (but fully open on all sides) glass cabinet and it couldn't be any better. The bass hits exactly where we sit and even all around the room. Because it fires so rapidly and precisely, there can't really be a better subwoofer at this size for the same price. This has one finished on the top of a lot of lists regarding it's size and output and just as an overall item. Hopefully you read this novel (if anyone did) and made your mind up about this monstrous machine of a subwoofer.

Great Sub – I have been using this for one year almost every day. Really good deep bass. worth the money. Far better than Yamaha SW50 and SW100. works well with my RXV 685 Receiver. I am gonna add another sub for my system. Show details

Failure in design lead to rattling – I bought this subwoofer for it's small size and good looks and assumed that it would sound great. The Ns-sw300 is the replacement for the yst-rsw300. The set-up consists of a dolby atmos 5.1.2 polk signature speaker system with a Yamaha rx-a1070 av reciever. I this subwoofer with the receiver sub level at - 2 and the volume on the Ns-sw300 half… Read more

way with the crossover on LFE mode. I ran some music with the Subwoofer and thought it was decent, however it wasn't clear and wasn't as deep as I'd like it to be. I then ran a movie, Tron Legacy for it's quite heavy LFE effects as well as Star wars the force awakens and straight away I found a major flaw in the sub's design, it rattles very easily, this rattling came especially in the scene of star wars when kylo ren was using the force on Poe, the rattling was definitely coming from the subwoofer and it was not good. I decided to go back to the store and give it a second chance so I got a replacement, and unfortunately that too rattled in the same way as the first one. In the end I ended returning the Ns-sw300 and I ended up getting an SVS PB1000 Subwoofer and it is a way better Subwoofer for my use. If you however want a small subwoofer that does a great job with the bass, I would not recommend the Ns-sw300, however if you are looking for a small quality Subwoofer that performs really well I definitely recommend a polk HTS 10 Subwoofer which although is cheaper than Ns-sw300 Subwoofer, it will perform better than the Ns-sw300 in every aspect.

Unreliable, old tech – I spent over 2k on a Yamaha sound system, within the warranty period the subwoofer failed - it would not power up! Eventually I flew it back from North Queensland with me, but even from Sydney the freight cost to get it to Melbourne for warranty service is intolerable. Show details

Perfect – Purchased 4 weeks ago couldn’t be happier paired up with a Yamaha 7.2channel received and sorround speakers. Pro. Loud rich deep bass with Chrisp sharp punch Would recommend for large rooms overpowered for small rooms Cons: only cons will be that has a few to many adjustment variables that need to be perfect to sound as true as it can. Not really a con but couldn’t find anything bad  Show details

Perfect product – Amazing sound for the price from Ebay Small but powerful . I will recommend this sub for small or big rooms . One minus I have found is the switch for music and movies , is located on the back of the sub. I keep on video mode all the time.