I've often seen requests from people who are looking to purchase budget subwoofers. You can count me among those who tries to respond and help those folks out, but after replying to the hundredth such question I got to thinking; exactly how many companies are out their making budget subs? Intrigued, I decided to try and find out for myself.
First I had to decide exactly what constituted a 'budget' subwoofer. After going back over numerous posts I selected $300 as the ceiling, so anything that costs less qualifies. I also decided that the $300 price should be what you can reasonably expect to get the sub for, not it's "suggested" retail price. In other words, what most people can rightly assume to pay without the need to wait for some "clearance sale" or restricted holiday event.
Since most of the budget sub questions are asked about HT systems I original decided that a 10" driver would be the minimum. After going back and forth though I decided to include subwoofers with 8" drivers as well. Having a driver size and budget target I began scouring the internet. The list below is what I can up with, sorted alphabetically by manufacturer.
UPDATE 3/3/16: Up until today I had included subwoofers even when the manufacturers website could not be found. I've since decided if they aren't interested in having the general public know who they are that I wouldn't list them here. All links to products like that have been removed.
UPDATE 9/2/16: For the longest time I had included a disclaimer about how this thread was intended strictly to highlight available products, not debate their relative merits or ask questions specific to your own individual circumstances. For those posts I created the Budget Subwoofers Discussion thread, but the balance between the two never quite worked out as originally planned so the disclaimer has now been removed.
Acoustic Audio
* PSW Series
BIC America
* RtR 12s
* RtR EV1200
* F12
* H-100II (Review)
* Venturi V80
* Venturi V1020
* Venturi V1220
* PL-200 II (Review)
Boston Acoustics
* CS Sub10 II
Cambridge Audio
* Sirocco SX-120
Cerwin-Vega
* VE-28S
Crystal Acoustics
* TX-8SUB
Dayton Audio
* SUB-800
* SUB-1000
* SUB-1200 (Review)
* SUB-1500
Elac
* S10.2
Energy
* ESW-C8
* ESW-M8
* Power 10
* Power 12
Fluance
* DB10
* DB12
JA Audio
* JA-SS10
Jamo (Owners Thread)
* J 10 SUB
* J 12 SUB
JBL (Owners Thread)
* Stage A100P
* Studio SUB 250P
Klipsch
* Synergy SUB-12
* K-100SW
Monoprice (Owners Thread)
* 8248 (8")
* 14567 (8")
* 605999 (10")
* 9723 (12")
{these subwoofers don't actually have a name, just a part number}
Outdoor Speaker Depot (OSD) (Owners Thread)
* SS8
* Nero DualX8
* Nero TubeBass10
* PS10 (Review)
* PS12
Pioneer
* SW-8MK2
Polk Audio
* PSW110
* DSW PRO 440
Pyle
* PDSUB8A
Rockville
* APM10W
Sony
* SA-CS9
TeleData Express
* TDX-SUB8
* TDX-SUB10
* TDX-SUB12
Theater Solutions (Owners Thread)
* SUB Series
Yamaha
* YST-SW215
* YST-SW216
* YST-SW315
First I had to decide exactly what constituted a 'budget' subwoofer. After going back over numerous posts I selected $300 as the ceiling, so anything that costs less qualifies. I also decided that the $300 price should be what you can reasonably expect to get the sub for, not it's "suggested" retail price. In other words, what most people can rightly assume to pay without the need to wait for some "clearance sale" or restricted holiday event.
Since most of the budget sub questions are asked about HT systems I original decided that a 10" driver would be the minimum. After going back and forth though I decided to include subwoofers with 8" drivers as well. Having a driver size and budget target I began scouring the internet. The list below is what I can up with, sorted alphabetically by manufacturer.
UPDATE 3/3/16: Up until today I had included subwoofers even when the manufacturers website could not be found. I've since decided if they aren't interested in having the general public know who they are that I wouldn't list them here. All links to products like that have been removed.
UPDATE 9/2/16: For the longest time I had included a disclaimer about how this thread was intended strictly to highlight available products, not debate their relative merits or ask questions specific to your own individual circumstances. For those posts I created the Budget Subwoofers Discussion thread, but the balance between the two never quite worked out as originally planned so the disclaimer has now been removed.
Acoustic Audio
* PSW Series
BIC America
* RtR 12s
* RtR EV1200
* F12
* H-100II (Review)
* Venturi V80
* Venturi V1020
* Venturi V1220
* PL-200 II (Review)
Boston Acoustics
* CS Sub10 II
Cambridge Audio
* Sirocco SX-120
Cerwin-Vega
* VE-28S
Crystal Acoustics
* TX-8SUB
Dayton Audio
* SUB-800
* SUB-1000
* SUB-1200 (Review)
* SUB-1500
Elac
* S10.2
Energy
* ESW-C8
* ESW-M8
* Power 10
* Power 12
Fluance
* DB10
* DB12
JA Audio
* JA-SS10
Jamo (Owners Thread)
* J 10 SUB
* J 12 SUB
JBL (Owners Thread)
* Stage A100P
* Studio SUB 250P
Klipsch
* Synergy SUB-12
* K-100SW
Monoprice (Owners Thread)
* 8248 (8")
* 14567 (8")
* 605999 (10")
* 9723 (12")
{these subwoofers don't actually have a name, just a part number}
Outdoor Speaker Depot (OSD) (Owners Thread)
* SS8
* Nero DualX8
* Nero TubeBass10
* PS10 (Review)
* PS12
Pioneer
* SW-8MK2
Polk Audio
* PSW110
* DSW PRO 440
Pyle
* PDSUB8A
Rockville
* APM10W
Sony
* SA-CS9
TeleData Express
* TDX-SUB8
* TDX-SUB10
* TDX-SUB12
Theater Solutions (Owners Thread)
* SUB Series
Yamaha
* YST-SW215
* YST-SW216
* YST-SW315