Tivoli Audio Model Subwoofer for Model Two, Black/Silver

• 5-1/4 bass driver with built-in crossover network
• Volume level permits precise blending with your Model Two system based on preference and room acoustics
• Furniture grade Black finished ash wood cabinet with silver accents to coordinate with the Tivoli Model 2 Black Radio
• 20 watt internal amplifer
• May be powered using included 9-foot power cord, or like Model Two, via an optional 12V DC power supply

I bought my Tivoli subwoofer about year 2002 and I forgot from which vendor. It was only $80 at the time. Apparently this product now has street price of $160! I did more critical tests with results to question some bad points I read in other Amazon reports of this. As real unbiased reviews are hard to come by outside Amazon, and no lab tests found, I did some tests that may be enlightening. You can repeat the same tests I performed. I generated a whole range of 5 second MP3 sine tone MP3 files. The specifics of the MP3s are: 256 kbps, 44.1 khz, stereo, 16-bit for high quality. These tones can be used to test any other speaker system. This is enough for an audible test in your own home.

The Model 2 without the subwoofer already has half volume bass sound level at 70 Hz tone. The last full volume tone was the 80 Hz tone and Model 2 is of course fine above 80 Hz. At 60 Hz, the unassisted Model 2 has no ouput! The Model 2 frequency response curve knee must be somewhere between 70 Hz and 80 Hz given how fast the bass output declined below 80 Hz. Again, half perceived volume of 70 Hz bass and no output at 60 Hz and below.

With the woofer enabled, the 70 Hz tone becomes same volume as 80 Hz, and same level at 60 Hz! The output is noticeably lower at 50 Hz. At 40 Hz, the tone is less than half of what it is at 50 Hz. At 30 Hz, the bass is still there (!), but only at a trace.

For midrange performance compaints, specifically, the adding of midrange and muddying Model 2's great sound, tests do not support this. I tested by putting subwoofer near the plain Model 2 speaker. Then unplug the Model 2's speaker where the woofer is. With Model 2 speaker silenced, now inject the higher frequency MP3 test tones for how the woofer plays out the tones. Just about everything above 100 Hz is filtered out by the woofer internal crossover. The midrange frequences are filtered out.

Bottom line: the woofer is tailored to put out where Model 2's output wanes, and does add that extra half octave as Tivoli says. See report on my treble high frequency audible test results for Model 2 to make the most of my testing.

You only need to play some pipe organ music to immediate hear the loss without the subwoofer. Muddying effect here comes mainly in the bad spots in the room where the bass constructively combined with room reflections causing boom spots, but such spots are few in my 29 foot long room.

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Adds nice, SUBTLE, bass amplification. Unless you really listen for it, you won't notice. This is not a unit for thumping bass it just drops the frequency range a tad.

Styling and quality is nice.

Don't hide it away or under furniture because, unless you switch it off first (don't rely on its own Automatic setting), it will put out a really loud thumping sound if the source powers off first. We have it in our bedroom connected to a Model Two radio and I have to remember to reach under the bed and turn the subwoofer off first.

We like it but, compared to the numerous other Tivoli products we own, it's the only piece of Tivoli gear that I can't whole heartedly recommend.

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Let me say first that I absolutely love the Tivoli Model Two radio. It is one of the best purchases I have ever made. The selectivity of the tuner is phenomenal and the sound from the speakers is wonderful for listening.

The optional subwoofer, on the other hand, is such a mess that it nearly seems like a work of sabotage.

Another reviewer remarked that the subwoofer extends unnecessarily upward into the mid-range frequencies this is absolutely true, a fact which completely annihilates mid and upper range tone and renders music totally unlistenable. It's like trying to have a conversation with someone who keeps interrupting you, or to use a culinary image putting ketchup in your coffee. Spoils everything. The tone of the bass from this subwoofer is so bossy and undefined that I actually became angry while listening to it, and I'm not an angry guy. I tried adjusting the volume level of the output, and I even put the subwoofer in several different positions on the floor, on a shelf, under a chair, even next to the main component to no avail. Like a mosquito buzzing in your ear that terrible, obtrusive tone just wouldn't go away.

Thank goodness the Tivoli Model Two radio has sufficient bass on its own through the stereophonic speakers to reproduce naturalistic low tones for the type of music I listen to mostly Jazz.

I really can't understand how Tivoli thought this product was a good idea. It's a sonic catastrophe.

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Recently, I bought B&O computer speaker, and realized need to buy a subwoofer. I wanted to buy not too big and not too expensive, but beatiful. Tivoli subwoofer seemed to satisfy all my options. However, in performance, little disappointed. The woofer makes some tearing sound if you listen music louder (not crazy louder just plentful to your room).

Also, it automatically shut down, when the signal is missing, which means most of classic music is not supported (only pop music, but tearing sound).

If you want to buy this only for the design, just go for it.

Unless, buy different one.

I bought this Tivoli sub woofer for my pc. It is great for listening to I Tunes from my computer desk top. I highly recommend this product!