DYNAUDIO SUB 6 ACTIVE DSP SUBWOOFER

Dynaudio’s Sub 6 Active DSP subwoofer is clever… very, very clever. It’s so clever that when it knows what main speakers you’re using it will automatically adjust its output level and crossover frequency and frequency response so that you get perfect, seamless sound from the depths of the subwoofer’s bass extremities to the extreme highs of your main speakers.

There is a catch though… a limit to its cleverness. Well, two catches really, a perfect Catch 22. It relies on you telling it which main speakers you are using, and on you being clever enough to make sure those main speakers are made by Dynaudio. But, given the proven, documented high quality of Dynaudio’s loudspeakers, and the number of main speakers in the company’s range, I can’t see either catch becoming a deal-breaker.

THE EQUIPMENT

I don’t think I have ever been so fooled by the size of a subwoofer as I was when I unpacked the Dynaudio Sub 6. It’s tiny. Really tiny. Gee, I thought, it sure looked bigger in the pictures in the brochure. But if I was fooled by the size of the Sub 6, I was absolutely flummoxed by its weight. When I leaned over to pull it out of its box, it didn’t budge. Mmm, I thought, it must be stuck. After enlisting my significant other to hold the box down firmly, I tried again. No luck. I then enlisted the aid of the third human member of the household to give us both a hand. And out it came. So not ‘stuck’, just heavy… really heavy. ‘Way too heavy for its size. What is