20yr Old Denon Subwoofer - What's Inside?

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The Denon DSW-27 is a 5.25" powered subwoofer as part of the DH-700DV home theater system
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[@TechTimeWithEric]

The impressive part was that it was only rated at 35 watts. Now days that would be rated at 600 watts 😂

[@wal2]

Yeah, it's not bad for what it is

[@liamkilroy9478]

These systems were great, not enough power to annoy the neighbours (much) but a vast improvement over built in tv speakers 😎

[@wal2]

Agreed. We were in a townhouse at the time and this was perfect for a small setup

[@Kalvinjj]

Back on the CRT days they weren't even that bad, but damn have the LCDs lowered the bar now...

[@volvo09]

Those things were everywhere! Perfect for an apartment or town house though... You can add some boom to your movies and not rattle the neighbors walls like a proper sub.

[@wal2]

Yeah, just a little extra bump can help with the tiny surround speakers

[@davidperry4013]

or a pair of 6-1/2 inch bookshelf speakers for jamming to music. Bookshelf speakers in an apartment living have as much bass as dual 6-1/2 floor standing speakers or 10-inch standmount speakers in an average house living room.

[@b-luv339]

Oh man. “Must be Kung’s brother” I cried.

[@hadbl12]

Love the content. Good job keeping all old school alive

[@wal2]

Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@joshuaolander201]

Those Little home Theater in a box of systems were awesome for a small bedroom or a dorm room

[@Bassotronics]

The woofer / subwoofer thing is also confusing in the PA Audio world because they have these huge enclosures saying subwoofer on the back and in the end, the driver that is being used is a mid-woofer. If I’m not mistaken, I think Timpano and some other brand ACTUALLY makes PA subwoofers but the irony is that the guys who buy them put them in high tuned enclosures. Lol

[@Choralone422]

My parents have had a somewhat similar Onkyo system in a box since shortly after Blu-ray was released. The included receiver has HDMI and the sub it came with has a 10 inch driver and a 75 watt amp. The whole system performs surprisingly well for around $500 back around 2007. I did have to replace the amp board on it in the mid 2010s as the next door neighbors house was struck by lightning. The only two things of my parents that were damaged was the sub amp of the Onkyo system and the furnace to their house. Luckily insurance paid for both. Sadly, the neighbor was far less lucky as quite a few things were damaged or destroyed at their place!

[@nayosanchez9337]

So cool to see the old school big transformer nowadays everything is switching power supply. Great video Brother 👍👌😎.

[@94XJ]

I remember in the later days at Blockbuster we started selling some consumer electronics, mostly Sony stuff, and had a HTIB setup. After being rescued from Circuit City by my old boss he asked me what we should do to actually sell the dang things, because nobody is going to Blockbuster thinking about purchasing a surround sound setup. Answer was easy - set one up and let people hear it. A little tweaking to the EQ and keeping it at a reasonable volume, it sounded decent and we couldn't keep the things in stock. The firework intro on Disney blurays worked every time. Just enough boom from that little woofer to get attention and out the door went another HTIB! For $200, they weren't bad and a LOT better than how everyone's nice new plasma TVs sounded!

[@scottbecker563]

Old skool! Og Denon! I had one also! The DVD stopped working... then the radio. So I tossed it. Then I bought an AV receiver with Dolby from Pioneer 15 years ago and still use it.

[@Slimerancher69]

I just picked up a koss surround sound for 60 bucks the sub is 75 watts and it's not bad for being 20 years old I love these old units

[@Mike81111]

Thanks for the video! I remember when my friend bought "state of the art" LG 5.1 system with a 6" sub and tiny satelite speakers. All shiny and new what produced base and surround sound. It was expensive, but all changed when one of his friends visited him and my friend demonstaded the system. That friend said it sounded horrible (he was true hifi person). I still remember when my friend said to me how can anyone say things like that. All what I can remember from the sound was that the bass was "impressive" at low volumes, but when turned up bass was heavily compressed by the system when the volume was turned up. Satellite speakers were "OK" at the time. Nowadays I would rather listen cheapest pair of bookshelf speakers. That system costed over $500 at the time. It was the early 2000.

[@davidbroadbent1470]

My dad used to have a dht500sd demon system, used to really impress me. Passive subwoofer was very impressive

[@ryanhart7392]

Still have my Yamaha home theater in a box setup. 20 years old and still sounds great

[@ropeburn6684]

Nice! Back from the days when cheap stuff still held its promises. 👍

[@wtmf80]

I still run a Denon AV receiver hooked up to my Klipsch speakers. Love it!

[@Judah24199]

Big D this was awesome. Those systems to me back in the day was pretty formidable. I had a Onkyo. That thing was pretty monster for it to be a box set system. Had some pretty good gnarly lows. Thank you again!

[@wal2]

I have several '90s receivers I'll be testing out soon 👌

[@hueyfreemaniii6214]

@@wal2love it!! I watch just about anything you put out, but I do love that old skool equipment!

[@No_Use_For_A_Name1981]

Oh yes. Mine was a Kenwood setup with a powered sub. I still have the sub! Well..the amp and box. I replaced the speaker within, and I still use the sub with a receiver and a couple tower speakers. Shocked the amp still works!

[@ThatOneGamedev.-pi8or]

Well Kenwood had some awesome home theater stuff back in the time, then it was bought and turned to cheap Chinese garbagium

[@bassblaster505]

6:30 2SA1635 is PNP 2SC4008 is NPN. the letters tell the polarity. classic Complementary pair

[@rhkips]

Look at that tiny adorable little subwoofer!

[@wal2]

so true about being better than the TV speakers and this is even more of an issue today with these razor thin TV's and I cringe any time I visit someone's house and they listen to audio through the TV speakers....should be illegal!

[@cueball981]

I had an Onkyo HTIAB and for what it was, it did amazing! I've since then upgraded, but for $500 back in 2003, it was a huge step up from a 2-way setup for watching movies.

[@wal2]

Yeah man doesn't take much to make a big difference

[@norrisfreeman7903]

I still have the Onkyo HT-S5200 HTIB. The 7 speakers is in my son's apartment. The 10" powered sub is in a 5.1 system in his bedroom at our house. The 7.1 AVR is powering my 5.1 work from home office system in the basement.

[@rpr10ak]

Ha! The home theater in a box! I bought an Onkyo home theater in a box at around the same time. Still have it.

[@BentonL]

I always knew they were weak, but not that weak. Thanks for posting as it provides valuable intel. I was gonna mention doubting my Paradigm's sub rating, but when I looked it up to share I see they changed the info on it significantly. Probably thanks to guys like you calling people out on their bs. I knew it was not 1000 watts. 300 seems more realistic. Now I wonder how bad Klipsch and velodyne lied.

[@NVMDSTEvil]

about the same

[@MattyDaddy14]

That was pretty impressive for what it was! I’d be kinda curious what spl that thing puts out compared to today’s soundbar subs!? 🎉 also, I wonder how it would sound with a proper subwoofer driver in there, like something from Dayton audio on the cheap?? 🎉 thanks! 🎉

[@carlogeir.8171]

Tus videos son geniales. Saludos.

[@TheGodofSEO]

Damn these were literally everywhere. I was an Onkyo boy tho

[@justabasslover4404]

This old types of speaker systems used 4th order bandpass enclosure that gives it a sound that appears larger than what the actual sub size is. It can sound like a 6.5 inch sub in a ported box but actually the driver is only 5.25 inch. Still have the Magiteq MSW-727 2.1 speaker from saudi I think but tuned differently than this denon as it has shorter length of the port so the bass is tuned 50hz and I don't hear any low bass. Pretty good enclosures for a 2000s speaker systems

[@ekummel]

Huh...I *KNOW* I've got one of those (sub)woofers lying around in the basement somewhere...almost makes me want to go down there and find it!

[@theloudspeakernerd-tlsn9322]

3:03 looks like something you would find from a crt tv of 28 and above inches. This one might be a little bit cheaper than any of the crt ones i have though

[@reecebower9934]

Never used denon speakers before. I love there stereos and cd players. I prefer the black and gold colorways over this silver and grey.

[@KuntalGhosh]

5:53 that is not 18.5va x2. its 18.5v-ac x2. basically saying the transformer has 18.5-0-.18.5v outputs. this should put the rail voltage at + & - 26v dc.

[@joeyholthusen6495]

I enjoy the videos, any chance you could get a kenwood sovereign receiver or sovereign hone amp to dyno? Pioneer elite is also a good one. I own both.. brands..

[@wal2]

Thanks for the suggestion! It is on my radar for sure

[@TheKomar924]

Onkyo!!! Bought 2 of them 1 upstairs and 1 down stairs. 20 years 8in sub still kicking connected to our yamaha sound bar. Receiver collecting dust with the wrest if the 5.1

[@blech71]

Put a Tang Ban from Audio Express in it.

[@T_Burd_75]

That would make a nice addition to a computer 2.1 setup if paired with a Douk Audio Pro M1 amp and a pair of Dayton Audio B452-AIR speakers. 😉👍

[@bruth6138]

Honestly, for the money, these things were great for their time.

[@wal2]

I agree

[@Mike81111]

$500 was normal these to cost. So horrible value for the money. I mean systems with included amp and DVD-player.

[@davidperry4013]

A 5-1/4 inch woofer would play nicely with a 7/8 inch soft dome tweeter. Woofer for the bass and midrange (35 to 4500Hz) and tweeter for the treble(4500-20000+ Hz).

[@bobdodge3171]

Bought a set of Harmon karden mids from a closeout store.3" mid and .5 tweeter. Replacement for my "high end " Sony surround sound with time alignment. Those $20 HK blew away the 6" sony

[@miki476]

Panasonic used to have very good all in one 5.1 systems , sc-ht730 was pretty powerful. On the other hand I think one of the best 5.1 active systems from that era was logitech z680/z5500. Not superb quality, but freaking loud and punchy. I have z5500 to this day and can't find replacement for my office desk audio

[@tatialo37]

Very cool 😎. I had an Optimus sub unfortunately termites got it!!!!

[@wal2]

Oh snap!

[@Loudkona]

good thing i tuned my subs down for the demo

[@bayramoglumurathan925]

Thanks.

[@robertsmobiledetailingkc6197]

Do it bump tho 🤔🤔

[@pravardhanus]

8:20 Hawaii dance

[@csj9619]

He likes his jokes so much, they get used in every video.

[@wal2]

He sure does

[@MikeDaveYapOfficial]

can you try the Logitech Z5500, Z2300 and Z623 computer speakers?

[@wal2]

Thanks for the suggestion 👌

[@Dillon1791]

Can you test the Edifier S360db amps (sub and bookshelf)?

[@wal2]

Thanks for the suggestion 👌

[@fredleeman8186]

Awesome

[@raymo6795]

I think Bose started this trend of small speakers for highs/mids and a separate sub...I still have a set of 2 double cubes and the sub...I also have a Boston Acoustics 5 piece...but my dog ate the remote, which is the only way to control it...both systems in the attic

[@LittleFPS-zy7pf]

I got a Denon DSW-32 Subwoofer Today i don't see the RMS in the back but the power consumption is only 100 watts!

[@devencherry8976]

love the videos

[@dagnisnierlins188]

I've got the same driver in my 20 year old pc subwoofer 😂

[@cherihubbard8172]

You should test a Logitech Z5500E I loved that 5.1 sound system

[@csj9619]

that puppy had a pretty serious woofer in it, if memory serves

[@karlosmus610]

Where is the pros and cons section???? Enquiring minds want to know!

[@wal2]

PROS - Still Works - Small Footprint - Hidden Woofer (no kids pushing in dustcap!) - OK bass with tiny speakers CONS - No speaker Level Inputs - Not Powerful / Small Driver / Don't Bump Doe - Not a True "Sub" Woofer - Whatcha Expect from 5" Woof and 35W amp?

[@bennyblanco14]

How about sending this to Raw-Cat and having him do a real amplifier test. We will be able to see actual power plus a full THD measurements and frequency response

[@wal2]

He’s in the UK wanna pay shipping?

[@mike.hunt420]

Do crunch 1000.4

[@kevinoz71]

Big D testing Zoiberg...

[@aarongunter5582]

I use a power home theater subwoofer on a 400 watt power inverter

[@Daniel-79]

My friend calls this brand Dee-Non, I always thought it was pronounced Den-On

[@quevicular]

anybody have a desk top dyno on a SRX-1D AUDISON 1150 WATT MONO BLOCK AMP?

[@mkp3824]

My girlfriend had one of these systems.

[@Morecrazythanyou]

I new I was not tripping what's up D

[@josephsaucedo8691]

I'd slap a 51/4 tang band sub in it the bass would sound at least decent 💯👍👌

[@wal2]

I thought about that but those jokers expensive!

[@Mike81111]

Oh yes it would. Although Tang Band sub would need totally different enclosure to work.

[@leonsines247]

The post it on the port ruined the whole experience

[@rynev3392]

Should replace the “woofer” with a real subwoofer from parts express and see how it sounds

[@wal2]

I sure should

[@r2stik]

6:18

[@gocart09]

Lol

[@mariussakalauskas6154]

This is not a mickey mouse program😂😂😂😂

[@samholdsworth420]

🐭🐁🐭

[@wal2]

Exactly!