This is an amazing subwoofer for music when your option is no subwoofer or having one that needs to be hidden. For movies it was a bit less consistent. It did great for movies with impacts like Top Gun and music and clearly punched well above its weight, but struggled with classic subwoofer tests like Oppenheimer or Titan AE. What is good is that you don’t hear abnormal stress or clattering under these conditions, it just doesn’t output as much SPL as you know is there.I am very impressed with its performance, despite having 15 and 18 inch woofers elsewhere.

En remplacement de mon sidney AR12, caisson a l'epoque très réputé pour ses qualités, ce caisson va encore plus loin.Plus present quand nécessaire tout en etant aussi rapide et sec que le Sidney.Seul petit défaut, l'accès aux réglages. Mais normal au vu de sa conception.Manque aussi une entrée LFE.Produit reçu bien emballé.

I used to use a Scandyna Bass Station, but having moved to a smaller apartment a while ago I found it a little over bearing. Of course I could have tuned it down but it took up lots of space. I wanted something smaller that could (if I really wanted) provide equally as much bass or more. I wasn't disappointed.I initially tried this by plugging my phone into it and playing some Bass Mechanic test tracks. It seemed over blown and the port noise was horrible. However, since connecting it up to my surround system and tuning it properly it has no such issues, so I suggest spending some serious time tuning this thing. It does take a while, but now provides exactly what I was looking for. The same (well, less) bass than I had before but it a much smaller and easier to hide package. It's very impressive how much bass this thing puts out, and I say that as an ex test pilot for Cerwin Vega in the 1990s (I used to run three 18" stroker subwoofers).Obviously as I get older I don't want my music to be boomy or shake my head. However, this thing does indeed provide more bass than I would know what to do with at my age.

I chose CP8 mainly for it's slim figure so I can place it next to the sofa on it's side (a big square sub is out of the question in our sh***y tipicaly British living room). Now don't let the slim part fool you about this sub, it is a really heavy hitter, it can literally make the paintings on the wall shake! It is connected to the receiver via RCA cable on the white input (the red one gave a boomy sound), half volume, crossed at 100 Hz, -3 Db in receiver settings.I've tested it, it really goes down to 20 hz (and below, only you can't hear it).The movies are brought to life by 5 speakers and this sub.Some music can be too boomy, maybe playing with the equalizer would help

I have been an audio nut for as long as I can remember and became aware of Earthquake Sound in the 90s in the car audio market. They have always been known for making solid products at reasonable prices, so when I saw the CP8, I was intrigued.I originally bought one a few years ago to compliment my computer audio system which consists of a Peachtree Audio Decco2 integrated amplifier and D5 bookshelf speakers, as well as Sennheiser HD 650 headphones for when I need to be a little quieter. This system cost a couple of thousand dollars all told, even after "bargain" shopping, which puts me into "He's clearly crazy!" category for my friends, but "mid-fi" category for audiophiles. Hopefully, this gives you an idea of my audio experience for this review.This sub fits perfectly in the cavernous foot well of my over-sized desk, and since it and my desk are both black, it blends in very well. It gets a substantial low bass boost, similar to corner loading, because of my foot well, but doesn't get too boomy as a result, which surprised me to be honest. It plays low enough that it will cover all but the most infrasonic of music, and in my small office, will energize the room with bass quite nicely, especially when sitting right on top of it at my desk. This system sounds phenomenal to me while seated at my desk (which is the most important thing)...but the bass quality varies dramatically around in the room due to its placement in the foot well.Given its excellent performance in my desktop system, I decided to get one for my office "home theater." My significant other wanted my "ugly speakers" out of the living room. Surprisingly, I was able to talk my way into keeping the sub...whew! So, I recently replaced those old speakers with in-ceiling surround sound (GoldenEar HTR 7000...another highly recommended product!). I re-purposed the old ones to my office and needed a sub. With the lack of space in my office, I bought a new CP8 to go behind the love seat, and it sounds wonderful, as I knew it would. It goes plenty deep, shakes the love seat nicely during explosions, and fills the room with bass.This won't replace my giant 15" sub and couch bass shakers in my primary home theater (how I was able to talk the S.O. into keeping those, I don't know!), it's a small 8" woofer after all. It's designed as an auxiliary sub to be placed right next to the listener in order to provide a similar tactile sensation as the bass shakers in bigger rooms and systems, but performs well enough that it can also be used in smaller situations like my office as the primary sub. Use it as designed immediately next to your listening position and it will perform excellently!