I'm a reformed brand snob when it come to audio equipment. I have a recording studio in my house along with a pretty elaborate home theater system, a separate and elaborate gaming system, a 2 channel system just for music and a PA system that I use for parties. Playing in a band for many years exposed me to a lot of different equipment as well, so I think I have a good feel for what works and what doesn't.
These speakers don't just deliver "for the price" but they actually just deliver. If you paint over the labels on the dust caps, nobody will know what they are- they'll just know they sound good. I'm still in a little disbelief that these work so well for so cheap.
I had two of those super cheap $129 18" Rockville subs for our basement system the kids use to have "dance parties" with their other little kid friends. Those subs were ok, but for the money they were a great deal. They are so much lighter than my JBL amplified 18" that I can take my system places for parties etc. I'm driving them with a crest audio 3.0DSP amp which is pretty powerful and clean. Before blowing up my cheap subs by driving them too hard, I read about these speakers- and the power handling was much more in line with what I was using. Swapped these into those old cheap (but light) cabinet and... wow! Super punchy with great extension down low. I listen to a wide range of music, but the best way to see if a sub is up to it is running some funk, jazz etc through them. These sound better than my JBL 618S's... and not just a little better. They can play bass heavy modern dance stuff or pull off very musical material as well.
Even considering what I paid for those cabinets, two of these w/cabinets comes in at about half the price of just one powered JBL sub. One on one against the JBL, hate to say it- the JBL falls flat. I'm simply amazed at these. If you plan to use these in the RBG1184 cabinet, remove the plastic tubes for the ports to avoid port noise. Wish I did this a while ago. The only people I know of who didn't have great results with these- it was probably user error... If someone is blowing one (or more) of these up, they're probably clueless how to use audio equipment. Feed these things REAL power from a quality source and they'll rattle your internal organs.
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Rockville RVW1500P8 1500 Watt 15" Raw DJ Subwoofer 8 Ohm Sub Woofer With Kevlar Reinforced Cone and 70 OZ Magnet
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| Price | $114.95 | $309.99 | $89.95 | $139.95 | $89.95 | $114.95 |
| Delivery | — | Get it May 6 - 8 | — | — | — | — |
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| Sold By | Audiosavings | SOUND TOWN INC. | Audiosavings | HiFi-Soundconnection | Audiosavings | Audiosavings |
| speaker size | 18 inches | 4 inches | 18 inches | 18 inches | 18 inches | 18 inches |
| power source | Corded Electric | Corded Electric | Corded Electric | Corded Electric | Corded Electric | Corded Electric |
| connectivity tech | Coaxial | RCA, XLR | — | Coaxial | — | — |
| speaker type | Woofer, Surround Sound | Subwoofer, Satellite | Subwoofer, Woofer | Subwoofer, Woofer, Surround Sound | Subwoofer, Woofer, Surround Sound | Surround Sound |
| mounting type | Plug Mount | 35mm mounting socket on the top | Flush Mount | Flush Mount | Flush Mount | Plug Mount |
| weight | 23 pounds | 89.7 pounds | 19.5 pounds | — | — | — |
| control method | — | voice | — | voice | voice | — |
| model name | RVW1800P8 | METIS-18PWG | RVP18W4 | HA P18LS16 | RVP18W8 | B1800X |
| surround channels | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | — |
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More punchy bass and can take the beating with more watts
After replacing my 30-year-old Fisher woofer which tends to be distorted when crank up, this 'Rockville' Fisher and $85 Gemini 15" speaker (just bought yesterday) can pump more punchy bass while Stageworks monitor provides mid and high frequencies.When compared to Gemini directly at the same volume and without Stageworks monitor, Rockville produces about the same tight bass and loudness, even though the Rockville is rated at 103dB in sensitivity and Gemini might be like 96dB or lower (they don't state it in the manual). The cheap-made 175 rated-watt Gemini tends to be distorted faster than Rockville when crank up. Although Rockville is rated at 750 watts, I don't think it could handle that. It might be like 350-400 watts.This is played through a Sony 1995-model receiver (rated @ 120 watts/channel @ 8 Ohms, 260 watts at 4 Ohms). Anyways, now I can feel the bass when before I could only hear it. That is for home Karaoke with three 15-inch speakers and 1 bookshelf speaker as tweeter. When all crank up, it produces an average of 105 dB (at 3 ft from speaker) before it is distorted due to a weak amp...
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Reviewed in the United States on December 19, 2015
They work well. Cant be beat for the price.
Also, upon googling these speakers, i came across some DJ forums where members were asking if anyone had heard of these, followed by abundant nay saying by "brand name" guys automatically downing these as "no name" brand speakers. Well at the price, any half successful dj conducting venues should be able to painlessly afford to try these. I must say, I am VERY pleased at the performance of these drivers.Included were all necessary specs,(see pic) in case you would want to design your own enclosures. Anyone can drop names of brands that cost an arm and a leg, but let the product do the talking. I think these deserve a look by anyone interested in 18 inch high power handling drivers.
Also, upon googling these speakers, i came across some DJ forums where members were asking if anyone had heard of these, followed by abundant nay saying by "brand name" guys automatically downing these as "no name" brand speakers. Well at the price, any half successful dj conducting venues should be able to painlessly afford to try these. I must say, I am VERY pleased at the performance of these drivers.Included were all necessary specs,(see pic) in case you would want to design your own enclosures. Anyone can drop names of brands that cost an arm and a leg, but let the product do the talking. I think these deserve a look by anyone interested in 18 inch high power handling drivers.
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