SUBWOOFER REVIEW! Starke Sound SW15P STACKED
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- Опубліковано 29 вер 2024
- Starke Sound Dual SW15P STACKED | Bass Boosted Dolby Atmos Mayhem! What's better than one 15” subwoofer? TWO! In this video Hatoraid Cowboy goes dual in this bass boosted Part 2 stacked SW15P review. Find out if two SW15P’s are up to the challange for a Dolby Atmos surround home theater.
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Who’s stackin their subs and which brand and model you got?
I have a pair of Arendal 1961S stacked in the corner of my bedroom setup right now. They look really cool there, but I ended up using a single KEF KF92 (dual opposing), and that spanks the Arendal in performance and output. I think it's really the placement and the room size in this example. I have a lot more options with the KF92 in terms of placement. In another room, I expect the Arendals to do better. But you have to experiment to confirm.
@nonametofame Placement can be everything.
I got 4 two stacked on each side in the back awesome
How big is your room?
@@hatoraidcowboy I have to get out of tape measure, but I’ll let you know but I’m an MK fan I have been for 20 years
I love this! Eager to hear your take on the Sealed versions before I consider which pair....using SVS PC-2000 duals right now which are GREAT in comparison to my SVS SB-3000 duals I had before. As much as I love my SVS units and have for the last few years using them from the SB-1000 duals to the SB-3000 Micro duals to the SB-3000 and now to the PC-2000 duals , I think the Starks are the steal of the century!
Solid review. Worthy subs for those looking for tremendous performance without breaking the bank
Thank you! Its a great entry into 15” subs
I wonder how it compares to the summit hifi one or the monolith
@RobZelinka I havent heard of the Summit hifi one. I reached out to Monolith a while back but never got a reappnse
@@hatoraidcowboy sorry, I meant the tonewinner one offered by summit hifi
@RobZelinka Ah ok.
My question is by stacking them did it help with your dead spots that's supposed to be the reason of spreading them around
Its not gonna even out the bass throughout the room but I have other subs around the room to even out the bass response
Fantastic deal for these subs. For the price compared to what's out there .. sounds like a bargin.
I wonder .. - Ask Arendal for a pair of the 2v ? ( unless you did those reviews and i missed it. )
I have one 2V in house. I dont have room for two and them suckers are heavy lol Its actually in the left front corner of my theater. I already shot part of a video with it. Just need to finish it.
OK... what should be the real comparision? Two of each or two SW15Ps against "THREE" SW15s?
I mean, we're only talking the difference in price between $1,499.00 and $1,500.00 = $1 (ok. plus shipping) Price point should be the fair comparison.
No way they gonna send me 6 subs. I dont have room for that nor I am gonna break my back stacking 3 subs lol
Better than klipsch r 115sw?
I’ve never owned Klipsch
Easily better... Not even close. Grab the starkes
9:14 are you doing a parody of shane lee? if so, you are a comedic genius
LOL 🤷🤫
Buyer beware!!!
Purchased 5-31, delivered 6-7, on 7-1 new price dropped by $50.00 from my price, Starke declined a price protection saying it was over 30 days? Umm I had/have in my possession for 24 days, so this company counts days when in transit...😳😳😳
Was and am not looking to return and now it's not about the $100.00, but that company and a countdown that starts at the moment of order as per the email I have in my possession. Well I do enjoy the 🔊🔊 I cannot see myself as a future customer due to this completely wrong policy. Too bad 🤷🏻♂️ so again buyer beware.
Thanks for the info
@@hatoraidcowboy kinda shocked me as well and I thought I had found another long term company to do business with 😶 and these duals are still real nice, but decisions such as that leave me scratching my head. Anyways #rockon and maybe one day they will revisit that "policy".
Starke responded to my question that the sealed and ported version are different products.
"Hi, the 15 and 15p are different designs. They don’t share any components."
I see that you went to acting school under Shane Lee. :)
😁
Great to see a review with STACKED subs...STACK'm!!!
Can’t wait to see yours Doyle!!
This might not sound very impressive, but my LCRs, surrounds and heights have twenty eight 8" woofers to add to the impact.
Once you go dual, you never go back 😅
Hello, greetings, I saw your videos about that subwoofer, the sealed version and the ported version and I want to listen to it in a good microphone to be able to appreciate it much better, greetings 🙏👍
What do you mean?
My offer still stands to bring down 2 SW15s if you want to see what 2 pairs stacked hit like. 😁
The second pair of SW15’s is gonna be way later down the line. That’s my end goal. I have 6 subs in my theater right now, all various sizes that I dont really have room for lol The behind the scenes is pretty wild. You guys dont see that part! It’s a lot of work moving heavy subs around with little to no room to make these videos lol 🥹
I did a comparison with this one their sealed version and the popular rsl 12s. These ported Starke at this price are an amazing deal for sure.
I got 4 now and I must try stacking 2 for fun lol
Oh nice! I’ll check out the video. Yea try stacking them it’s a fun experience!
@hatoraidcowboy you are doing a great job. More people need to hear about these subs :)
I actually am moving from gigantic psa 21s to 4 of these...or maybe 6 if I decide I want to stack 2 on the back for fun lol
Thank you so much man. Oh wow you got the PSA 21’s 😮 Wish I had room for infrasonics I’m going to stack 4 SW15’s(sealed) up front. 2 in each corner.
I have the SW15 and have my NAD T778 running it. It’s only one sub output but you said I can stack another SW15 with just using XLRs??
Yup you can daisy chain multiple SW15’s. That’s what I’m doing with mine
@@hatoraidcowboyif you don’t mind what are you using? That way I can get it
Just XLR cables I bought on Amazon
Great job bro! 😎👍
Thank you!
Great review! And that's a great price on those subs too. Now I wanna go watch a movie lol.
Thanks! And LOL There’s never a bad time to watch a movie 🙃
Not sure they can be beat at this price point.
If I recall right, you stated you needed a second woofer to even out the room. Why wouldn't you pull these apart and go with a front/back or left/right?
Seems like the separation could give you a more balanced tactile feel, and make it better for multiple seats.
I was going to do that but since these subs are relatively small and light enough for me to stack I decided to try a stacked config since I’ve never done that before.
@@hatoraidcowboy I hope you play around with it and see if you like the output separated. Would love to hear about it.
I have a pair of PB-2000 pros. They sound good but, it makes me wanting more. 15 looks like the sweet spot.
Good content. Starke Sound seems to have a good business model, with their direct to consumer setup
Thank you! I’ve been super impressed with their products so far.
Great review!!! I’m glad they did well and the price is right 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾.looking forward to the fierra 8 review too.
Sorry, this is rich Moore, but I am sending this from the wife's computer.
How do you compare two stacked to your PB4000?
Well that’s not really a fair comparison….2 15” drivers stacked with a +6db boost versus one 13.5”. The SW15’s will easily beat the PB4000 in output but the PB4000 is a much better built sub with more options and customization.
@@hatoraidcowboy makes sense! No complaints with my SVS but after the newness wore off I rarely find myself using the SVS app.. really want to try starke instead of buying a second PB1000. Love your videos, thank you for the good content!
@JLudwig06 Honestly I hardly ever use the app but that’s because I dont really need to mess with the settings.
Thank you and I appreciate the continued support!
I haven't done the stacked subwoofers yet. Mine are spread out and rumbles through the entire house.
Its pretty incredible. My first time stacking and I love it
Curious to know if you've managed to put these on pedestals in opposite diagonal corners of your cinema and found a difference? Having them in one corner would mean there's going to be room modes that would need to be treated and EQ'd for a smoother response but how well would it work in diagonally opposite corners and raised up?
I havent seperate them but I do have an SVS PB4000 in the back and an Arendal 1723 2V in the left front corner
I'd love to have a front soundstage with four subs - stacked in pairs. For the money, this sounds like an amazing deal to get all four for roughly 3k. I'm crossing fingers Starke continues to output more subs like these (see what I did there? 😂).
LOL Nice pun!
Cool.... but where do you stop? 3 high? 4 high? FYI I have two subs that have two 12" woofers each, and 1 sub that has two 10" woofers.
You stop when you want lol I personally am gonna go with 4 Starke Sound SW15’s(sealed) up front, stacked…Two stacked front left, two stacked front right.
Nice! I am waiting on a pair of sw15 (sealed) to come im February, interested to hear what you say about them compared to the sw15p. Nice review 🍻
Thank you!
Any chance you can include rew measurements of the 2 sealed next time you do this stacked setup? Emphasis on the x axis, frequency, down to 5 hz would be awesome.
It is something I want to include at some point, I just dont have a proper mic for REW yet. But it is on my list!
Production values of ur channel and Shane lee is 👍
Thank you!
Great vid 👍🏾 did u put anything in-between the subs like a cloth or something ?
Thank you! No, they have rubber feet on the bottom.
That's pretty awesome!!! Would you stack another pair on the other side?
Well eventually I’m going to do dual SW15(sealed) stacked up front. So two stacked (left and right)
Must have been hard to time align all the different subs (svs, starke and arendal) and not have them cancel out each other!
I havent aligned them yet….I need to run Dirac on them all. I just turned them all on for fun just to see what the tactile aspect would feel like. Its crazy!!
So are you going to do a video on what the difference is going to be if you raise your other subs as well?
Not sure….I dont have room for all these subs at once lol I’ll probably mention the differences in a video but not a dedicated sealed vs ported video
I've technically got stacked subs.
I'm running four Artcoustic DFS75-55 X2 subs, mounted two by two on-wall.
It's not made for infrasonics, but with a MiniDSP they play down to 20 Hz.
I’ve never heard of those subs. You mounted them on the wall…..are they wall mountable or did you create your own rig?
@@hatoraidcowboy it's an older model from a smaller, Danish company. Found them used for about $300 total.
They're designed to be wall-mounted. 2x10" Peerless drivers in a roughly 1 cubic-foot enclosure, that's less than 6" deep total. With no DSP they play to about 45-50 Hz in-room before falling off, but with this much surface-area DSP helps shore up the lowest octave. I have them wired in series in pairs, and each pair is getting 450W.
Not output monsters, but for a living-room setup they do really well.
Great video. Can’t wait for your dual sealed review!
Thank you!
Nice!
Nice Video! How big is your HT Room?
Hello! I stated room size in the beginning of the video. 10x12x8
I have a question to ask you I like to know does it sound better with the speaker grills off of the speakers or it doesn't really matter if they are on or off I like to know thank you
There’s no difference on or off. I took them off for the video but have been using them with them on and there’s no difference in audio quality on or off
@@hatoraidcowboy ok thank you for letting me know and I really enjoy your videos
@chrisohrling149 Thank you I appreciate all your support!
@@hatoraidcowboy your very welcome and I like your home theater setup
Sweet review. Those are some nice subs. I wonder how they compare to the Emotiva 15. Speaking of Emotiva, any word on when their new processors will be available?
Thanks! I think these would smoke Emotiva subs. But I havent heard their 15”. No word on the new processors yet.
@@hatoraidcowboy it weighs about 120lbs with a 600 watt rms amp. It is their mid tier sub. It's on sale for $900. The specs look good on it. It also has a port as well on the back. I am ready to upgrade from the XMC 1 and get into Atmos. I am trying to decide on going with another processor or get a higher end reciever and use the pre outs and run it as a processor.
@percybedford6266 I’ve done both. Processor is the way to go.
I am also interested in the XS15 looks like a beast of a sub.
@@hatoraidcowboy I went on Youthman's live the other day Jonathan suggested the new Denon 6800 and running it in pre pro. They also recommended the AVM 70 and a couple of other options. It gives me something to think about anyway.
With regards to why you felt the bass was much more enveloping this time round, disregarding whether you increased the output by 6dB, some of it could be the extra driver being off the ground helping improve a standing wave issue you might have in the vertical plane with subs only on the floor. It might even have been at optimal height for your seated listening to remove a null, much like placing a single sub center of your front wall if you only run one to get the most even bass.
Did you measure the single and stacked to compare?
I didnt take any measurements, just from what I heard and felt. I ran the same demos with just one sub right before I connected the second.
@@hatoraidcowboy, then it is most definitely that extra output. With the stack I guess there's not much change in terms of room modes, but you'd definitely feel it, with that extra 6dB of headroom. Dynamics can't be beat
Yea I was truly floored at how much more dynamic and powerful the same scenes were. I love the slam!
@@hatoraidcowboy, I had some of the same experience going from having two of my subs on the floor just for testing, as opposed to having four mounted in pairs on the walls. Just the apparent extra output and dynamics from the extra surface area and better placement is so much fun
You’re right, it makes every movie more fun to watch. And makes it more impactful.
How does 1 Starke SW-15p compare to the AIRMOTIV XS-15
I never had the 15” Emotiva. I only had the 8” & 12”.
How does it compare to the 12 inch
I dont have that sub anymore. That’s not even a fair comparison lol can’t compare a 15” to a 12”.
Does this sub have any port chuffing or driver bottoming out. I had the Starke SW-15 and the driver would make a lot of noise during heavy bass movies.
@Hyperblaster123 Not with two. But I also didnt have to drive the subs as hard since I had duals and they were stacked. But with just one and depending on the room size and how hard you drive it, you will prob get some chuffing as I said in the review. Most ported subs you are gonna get chuffing with just one.
I would like to see you review a ported 15 or 18 inch sub from Rythmik. They have some of the tightest deepest subwoofers on the market and a great bang for the buck.
Hopefully in the future. I dont currently have any room for anymore subs or boxes in my theater lol But it’s def on my list!
I have two SW15’s stacked in my front corner and it’s absolutely 🍌! I’m getting 105db flat below 10hz!
Some of my favorite demo scenes are:
Fury- Tiger Tank battle
War of The Worlds- first alien machine from underground
John Wick 3- lobby shotgun fight
10hz nice!
@@hatoraidcowboy wish I had a mic that could measure it more accurately than my UMIK-1. I didn’t think I’d even be dealing with stuff that low lol. Great video. I look forward to seeing how you do with the SW15’s. I’m in a 15x24x9 room btw
@TheZANDER954 Thank you! That’s a big room!
I have two HSU VTF-3 MK5 not stacked and they are more than enough for me. My room is 23x20x10.
That’s a huge room! HSU is criminally underrated. I love their subs
@@hatoraidcowboy They really are underrated!
You should reach out to Tom with Power Sound Audio. I have seen a coupe reviews out there. He is running a sale to make warehouse room right now. And he has said if he has the units available he will send review units out, just not when he is behind on a customer products. Might be the perfect time to get a review unit.
Thanks I’ll look into it. Right now I definitely dont have the space for a subwoofer that big. But will keep it in mind!
That is high praise for two subwoofers for $1400.00. Is the warranty good? I run the Perlisten D215S and D15S nearfield in one room and dual SVS SB16’s and dual SB-4000’s (minidsp 2X4HD) in my other space. I use to run ported subwoofers, but really gravitated to the sealed experience. I will watch for the sealed review.
Tom doesn't "believe" in sending units for reviews. I had the tv1821 and 2112. They were good but nothing as mind boggling as some forum members on avsforum claim.
I sold them and got something else now
@@shaolin95 A He does send out review units, but only if he has stock. He has stated many times he will not do so if he has a customer waiting for one. B that is why we watch these videos. To see and get their opinion. Any UA-cam reviewer shouldn't dismiss the opportunity to review a product because someone in comments dismisses it. Let him reach out and try. If successful he get a new experience to compare products he hasn't heard before. Whether he like it or not doesn't matter as viewers will tune in to see a more rarely reviewed product than yet another SVS sub or more JTR that comes with a steeper price tag and wait. I would also encourage Rythmic and HSU.
I have heard and owned so many subwoofers for home theater and nothing even comes close to JTR. I currently own 1 Captivator 2400 and soon I will have my second one. Just save your money and go for JTR. Trust me you will not regret it 😃👍
Single guy with a mortgage and bills….LOL Would be nice tho
I heard that, im in the same boat man. It took me forever to save up for 1 but it was totally worth it @hatoraidcowboy
He’s supposed to send me a review unit at some point. So at least I’ll get to play with one and experience in my theater lol
That's awesome man! Can't wait to see what you think of them. That 18 inch driver from JTR hits so hard. I've never heard anything else like it. I will be looking forward to watching your video on one. Cheers!
@IECStang Thanks!
I love reviews like this that show what the subs can do🫡
Thank you!