Canton AS 40 Subwoofer

A big 310-mm speaker and located from below on the same vertical axis with it large bass-reflex port look promising. SC (Soft Clipping) scheme works in the amplification path of AS 40, which discharging the speaker from low bass allows reducing the level of nonlinearity.

A magnetic shielding of the speaker is used in the model, so you can place it as close to TV as you like. We can on service panel a big amount of connectors: high-amplitude and linear inputs and outputs. The phase is smoothly controlled: this can help to build bass in the line with satellites. According to communication with the line neighbors of AS 40 we remember that the word bass is consistent with the task.

Sound. Our expectations were satisfied. Being in the "autopilot" mode, AS 40 does not sleep but is patiently waiting for "X hour". When the wait is over, it gives a memorable bass "tsunami". The speaker is overloaded sometimes (especially in lower bass); room resonances assert themselves. Musical qualities of LF-content, organized by AS-40, are recherche. "Hard metal" is just magnificent. But it is more difficult to achieve a desirable sensibility while work of the device with touchy acoustic classics and jazz. We had to experiment here for a long time, to move the sub, to twist settings handles. To get bright musical result it is important to observe the adjacency of sound temperaments of AS-40 with satellites. Undoubtedly, Canton has a lot of decent alternatives.

We recommend this model primarily to the lovers of movies and electronic music genres. The room for it should be large.