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 enlarge | Brand: Tivoli Audio
Category: CE
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Avg. Customer Rating:  27 reviews
Color: Cherry
Media: Electronics
Fragile: No
Batteries Included: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 8
Dimensions (in): 12 x 9 x 9
Warranty: 1 year warranty
MPN: MSTPE
Model: MSTPE
UPC: 831623003037
EAN: 0831623003037
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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 Makes Charlie Watt's Drums Seem Like Hammer Blows April 8, 2005
7 out of 8 found this review helpful
My gal Sara and I had the Tivoli Model Two radio for about a year and I mentioned in my review of it that we use the line out on the back of the radio to feed the signal into a Bose Wave Radio on the other side of the room. So we have the Model Two's speakers on each side of the bed and the Bose, with its reflecting sound booming at us head on when we watch movies on my iBook, snuggled together among the pillows. And, you know, I didn't think bedroom sound could get any better than this. Oh well If I were to spend thousands and get a McIntosh component system with exotic Tannoy speakers, then yeah, I could get better sound. But I thought we were doing pretty darn good.
Then Sara got me this subwoofer for my birthday. Hooking it into the system was a simple matter of plugging in the wire that came with the radio, then plugging the subwoof into the wall. We put it under out bed and WOW, let me tell you, now we feel the movies. Every breath Darth Vadar takes seems to ripple and run right through us. And music, Charlie Watts' raging drums are like hammer blows to the heart. If you've got a model two, you gotta get this. And if you don't have a Model Two, you've gotta get one, just so you can get this.
Jack Priest, a Sailor Home from the Sea
excellent, high quality add-on to the Tivoli September 7, 2006
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
I use a Tivoli model satellite as my alarm clock in the bedroom, and it also serves as a receiver for my Sonos system. While the sub doesn't deliver the sonic impact of, say, dual 12's in an automotive bandpass box, if you're discriminating enough to be using a Tivoli in the first place, you'll appreciate the subtle sonic addition.
The subwoofer performs exactly as I had hoped - as an almost transparent extension of the radio, serving to flesh out the bottom end of your music, rather than annoy your neighbors. While sound is admittedly impressive from the radio sans sub, leading to the question of "why bother," this is solely a testament to the quality of the radio itself, and not a knock to the subwoofer. It adds significantly noticeable dimension, and if you have the sub hidden away (not that you have to - like all Tivoli products, it's beautifully finished,) people marvel at the sound being produced by the combination, thinking it's emanating solely from the diminutive radio.
Bottom line: a highly worthwhile addition to the Tivoli, as long as you know that it's a subtle improvement to an already excellent system. If you're looking for something to play Xtreme Booty Bass Volume 19 on - this isn't the sub.
Like the Sub alot June 11, 2006
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I believe that the wildly different opinions about on this sub have to do with how people listen and what they want. I have the Model 2, and when I plugged the sub in, I really noticed a difference, but did not hear a "thump thump" intrusion. I prefer this. For those looking to hear a seperate base line, look elsewhere. I think that the sub is worth it and adds a great deal.
For the record, when I plugged the sub into my Model 3 (clock radio) I knew I had to buy another one.
I can see how for some this sub, and for that matter, the whole Tivoli line just will not cut it. I find that the Sub really adds to the clean warm and well balanced sound.
Nice item. July 4, 2006
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
Bought this with my Tivoli Mk2 stereo. Great bass and not too thumpy. It really makes a difference and I cannot imagine my system without it.
 Not much woof for the buck January 8, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Perhaps I'm biased because I also have owned a Bose system with two tweeters and a very profound subwoofer effect from a very large woofer. What doesn't help in the Tivoli system is that the Tivoli speakers, in general, have exaggerated bass response to them. They are very "boomy" little speaker enclosures. So, when I hooked up the auxiliary subwoofer to my Tivoli Satellite stereo set, I wasn't sure it was even working. Turning the bass knob up to the max adds little to the overall effect (other than a "boom" when you turn the set off and on). They recommend that the subwoofer be placed on the floor, but even that doesn't add much. To be fair, my choice of music is classical, so I'm sure that In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida might be more impressive with this subwoofer. For what I listen to, one would be very hard pressed to tell, blindfolded, if the subwoofer was on or off. There's already too much woof in the Tivoli system to merit spending another $80 to add an imperceptible amount of woof at your feet.
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