Monoprice has
Monolith by Monoprice 13" THX Certified Ultra 2000-Watt Powered Subwoofer (Open Box, 44579) on sale for
$584.99 when you apply code
TREAT15 in the cart.
Shipping is free.
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Product Details:
- THX® Certified Ultra: THX® engineers completed hundreds of different scientific tests to ensure the highest audio performance possible. The tests ensure the speaker can reach the high volumes necessary to achieve THX Reference Level, without creating audible distortion or artifacts. THX® Certified Ultra products are designed for large rooms, up to 3,000 cubic feet in size, with a 10~12 foot viewing distance from the screen.
- 13" Woofer: The Monolith™ 13" driver was developed from the ground up, with a design focus on achieving output, accuracy, dynamics, and linearity, while minimizing distortion. It is enclosed in a cabinet made from HDF material, with massive internal bracing, and outfitted with three ports that can use foam plugs to run the subwoofer in sealed, semi‑sealed, or ported mode, as you see fit.
- 2000 Watt Amplifier: The 2000‑watt (RMS) amplifier (3800+‑watt peak) is built around a Texas Instruments® 48‑bit data path, with 28‑bit filter coefficients, and DSP engine. Each amplifier's transfer function, power output limiting, and thermal protection are monitored to the millisecond and are customized for each individual driver. The high efficiency Class D amplifier modules are based on a proven topology that has been continuously refined over the past 8 years. The amplifier has vast reserves of power for highly accurate, deep bass for your home theater or music system.
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Although, if the amp goes out, could get a crown external amp. The enclosure and driver are still excellent.
You need to remember that modern subwoofers have DSPs that have tuned frequency characteristics to match the subwoofer and the enclosure.
Many things can go wrong with your own amplifier such as the subwoofer not having anywhere near the power handling that it did with a tuned amplifier. Also you have a high risk of damage if you push any signals to it below the tuned threshold at which point the speaker doesn't get the suspension benefit of the box and can have over excursion problems.
Modern amplifiers with DSP frequency cutoffs allow them to run the box and subwoofer tuning much closer to the edge of their physical limits.
TLDR be careful.
I bought 2 new monolith 15s. One was DOA. Got a replacement for the DOA unit, then the other one went out in under a month. Returned both and never looked back.
IT WILL FAIL on you. It's just a matter of time. Consider yourself warned.
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Just keep in mind the Monolith 13 is 100lb heavier, 9 inches longer, and 5 inches wider/taller than the PB-1000 Pro.
I've been impressed with it with two subs.
It's based on same theory as Dirac ART & Trinnov.
Just keep in mind the Monolith 13 is 100lb heavier, 9 inches longer, and 5 inches wider/taller than the PB-1000 Pro.
I doubt all the over 200 13" monoliths from this sale are going to fail!
Even if any other subwoofer brand has the same failure rate, it's easily resolved by just ordering and swapping the amplifier. If it was a product which was easy to return or even throw away, that would have been probably fine too. But not this. Atleast for me.
There is a reason why mono price is selling a $1700 item for $600 open-box. I am yet to see any other open-box product selling for 35% of the new item's price. Maybe you can enlighten me and others.
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