I highly recommend purchasing these speakers if you can find the SW1 for less than $300 or the SW1 and Slave for less than $450.I am trying to sell this - what do you really think it would sell for now?ĬAMBRIDGE SOUNDWORKS PSW II SUBWOOFER II - rare find in great shape like new - rarely used - maybe 20 hours of total use - was part of a home vid center Tri-ampable towers with twin 8" long-throw woofers and a tuned port in The Paradigm Studio Monitors don'tīenefit from the SW1 and Slave because they themselves are truly massive Supposedly full-range floor-standing speakers like the McIntosh XR-14, Monitors - has benefited from the SW1 and Slave. Every set of main speakers - except my Paradigm Studio I use them to augment both stereo listening and home Work on the level control, I found them to be excellent at reinforcing With a little bit of placement experimentation and Lowpass filter) or the subwoofer channel from a surround processor. Which is a combination of right and left channels (below the adjustable Subs to reinforce the stereo image: the SW1 and Slave play a mono signal Theĭisadvantage to this design is for those who want to wire their pair of Today are powered, but the Slave sub option is a great way to get rightĪnd left side subwoofers without overspending on low-end wattage. Or it can power another cabinet and cone, the Slave. The SW1 and Slave are also special in the way power SubsequentĬSW subs were ported and were by design boomy, like most subwoofers Spared no expense and created a subwoofer with a flat frequency responseĬurve that played LOW in a most intimidatingly musical way. Porting gives lower frequency response per dollar than acoustic To escape the cabinet, hence the "tuning" of the port. Woofer cone moves, and the tube allows only certain frequencies of sound The hole allows air to move in and out of the cabinet as the Hole - or port - which is sometimes "tuned" by having a tube of aĬertain length around the hole and extending into the subwooferĬabinet. Most subwoofers are ported, meaning they have a Acoustic suspensionĭesigns, while more accurate, can't produce bass frequencies as well as Subwoofers are acoustic suspension designs. Movement of the speaker cone, giving acoustic suspension speaker designsĪ "tight" sound and allows them to be generally more accurate than ported or passive radiator designs. This variable air pressure serves to damp the When the subwoofer's speakerĬone moves in and out as it plays, therefore, air pressure inside theĬabinet rises and falls. This means there are no holes in the speaker cabinet, so aįixed amount of air is inside the box. The SW1 and Slave are acoustic suspensionĭesigns. Note level & lowpass filter panpots, and speaker level & pre-amp level in/outs Reputation among of audiophiles of the SW1 and Slave.
The next 20 years, but never again produced a speaker with the CSW would sell a large variety of subwoofer designs over Less powerful and more boomy than the acoustic-suspension (unported) SW1 and Slave Systems used an inferior, smaller, 8-inch, ported woofer pair that was But some enthusiasts also grant such status to the original Ensemble system, which for a short time came with the SW1 and Slave subwoofers.
Some say the Cambridge Soundworks' (CSW) SW1 Sub and Slave were the only good products the company ever made. Tested together and work great, one of the best vintage subwoofer systems made, better than most modern subs other than the extremely expensive ones like the best svs and hsu.Ĭambridge Soundworks SW1 and Slave Subwoofers Review Updated on November 22, 2009
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