Love4sound
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Many asked me for feed back on the LV12F as there is not much available online. With my low listening levels I am not the right person to review a subwoofer but after experimenting and having experienced different subs in multiple set ups I guess I can share few things about the sub.
My previous sub was a 500 watts xtz 12.17 and on paper compared to the 300 watts the LV12F doesn’t sound like a major upgrade. In performance both perform similar in low bass slam and scenes that rumble and shake the room.However there are good improvements in the mid and upper region. There is good punch and control. Xtz feels more powerful and thunderous with the LV12F feeling more punchy and controlled. Even music has improved and the LV12F performs closer to a sealed sub. I wil highly recommend this sub for small room. I was so impressed and went duals blindly but in reality I don’t need two in my room and may sell one later on. Please find the Dual vs single graph after audysey. Black is duals and red is single. 45-70hz same performance. 2-4 dB increase in the 20-42 region and 3-5 dB increase in 70-120.Duals does add weightage and gives amazing slam but does it give the performance of additional 1L I have invested for duals which includes a mini dsp as well? For my listening levels at certain scenes it helps but overall not worth the additional 1L. All I am achieving with duals is an additional 3-5 dB which can be achieved even with a single subwoofer in my room if I am listening at normal volume levels. When I purchased the 12.17 my dealer had the LV12F for demo and offered it but being objective I totally looked down on this sub as just a 300 watts entry level sub that costs 649usd. I had a very low opinion and even when I got this for home demo it was cause I asked the L12 for demo which was not available with the dealer at that time. I was forced to take the LV12F but ended up liking it so much and buying 2 of them wen the original plan was to buy dual sealed subs. I will highly recommend every one who is building a HT and picky on bass to look for a sub that is nothing less then the LV12F for a satisfying HT and music experience. Based on my experience, a very important factor in deciding a sub is home demo.
My previous sub was a 500 watts xtz 12.17 and on paper compared to the 300 watts the LV12F doesn’t sound like a major upgrade. In performance both perform similar in low bass slam and scenes that rumble and shake the room.However there are good improvements in the mid and upper region. There is good punch and control. Xtz feels more powerful and thunderous with the LV12F feeling more punchy and controlled. Even music has improved and the LV12F performs closer to a sealed sub. I wil highly recommend this sub for small room. I was so impressed and went duals blindly but in reality I don’t need two in my room and may sell one later on. Please find the Dual vs single graph after audysey. Black is duals and red is single. 45-70hz same performance. 2-4 dB increase in the 20-42 region and 3-5 dB increase in 70-120.Duals does add weightage and gives amazing slam but does it give the performance of additional 1L I have invested for duals which includes a mini dsp as well? For my listening levels at certain scenes it helps but overall not worth the additional 1L. All I am achieving with duals is an additional 3-5 dB which can be achieved even with a single subwoofer in my room if I am listening at normal volume levels. When I purchased the 12.17 my dealer had the LV12F for demo and offered it but being objective I totally looked down on this sub as just a 300 watts entry level sub that costs 649usd. I had a very low opinion and even when I got this for home demo it was cause I asked the L12 for demo which was not available with the dealer at that time. I was forced to take the LV12F but ended up liking it so much and buying 2 of them wen the original plan was to buy dual sealed subs. I will highly recommend every one who is building a HT and picky on bass to look for a sub that is nothing less then the LV12F for a satisfying HT and music experience. Based on my experience, a very important factor in deciding a sub is home demo.
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