Fluance DB10 10-inch Low Frequency Ported Front Firing Powered Subwoofer for Home Theater & Music

If plugged into Fluance speakers, the cross over is 80 hz. Sub hits nice between 80 and 45 hz. Starts to trail off under that, 40 Hz is okay, but by 35 and 30, it can't punch that low. It advertises 38Hz, so I think spot on and delivers as promised. Fits that punchy bass as most people call it. Need to break in more for better results, as probably only at that 15 hour mark, with this review. For $200, have to recommend. The walnut and black looks great and great budget amp and driver. Packaging and delivery to the Midwest for me was outstanding. Great for an office or smaller room, where you probably wont have the room acoustics for anything nicer anyways and you'll just be wasting money on something nicer. For theater rooms, it could work I suppose if your really on budget.

A while back I started to build up my stereo system so I could finally listen to my vinyl again. I bought Klipsch RP600M speakers, the Fluance RT85 turntable, and paired it with an older Yamaha amp. Given the abuse my 63-year-old ears took decades ago this I knew I didn't want to blast my music (not to mention I don't need to annoy my neighbors (I live in a small apartment with neighbors on either side). I'd heard the Klipsch might be a bit 'bright' sounding (code for not super base?). And after about 2 weeks I saw that while the Klipsch has great detail and expansive sound stage I was forced to use the EQ to bring up the base on base centric music such as Mingus and Thundercat. So I went to the forums and asked for recommendations for a sub that sounded good a lower (40% range) volumes. Once the laughter subsided and a few 'That's an oxymoron man! you can't have both base and low volumes'. But I kept researching and eventually ran across this Fluance DB10W 10-inch sub. The price was right, it has a good set of controls and connection variety (important for my older amp). So I tried it. Within 24 hours of setting it up I knew I'd found what I needed and Fluance once again hit the mark! Thank you Fluance both for the turntable and the sub. (btw... at the risk of being a noob... what is 'Sheerness' I didn't give the sub a ratting on that because I don't know what it means, does it mean sharpness, definition, clarity, transparency, brightness... once again does the language of audio fall short? :) )

Paired perfectly with my JBL 250B bookshelf speakers. Gave just the punch i needed. It delivers clean base. Compliments to Fluance for safe shipping. Double boxed with padding inside. Came without so much as a scratch. Would highly recommend.

Sounds great. I've come to own two subs previously that seem like they have been blown out. I finally had enough and bought this to complete my Fluance speaker set. Switched it to 80hz and 70% volume in a decently sized room. Sounds great and added that much needed depth to my hifi setup. Powering it all is a JBL MA510, This and the complete Fluance speaker set look amazing in the living room and the wife approves. Great sounding bass. Won't need to upgrade my 5.1 set for some time now. Good for years. Thanks Fluance. Shipping took 3 days from Canada. QUICK

I like the look and how easy this sub hooked up to my Fluance I8 speakers. But both the Subwoofer and I8 tower speakers 🔊 are just OK when it comes to sound quality. I expected a lot more. These are probably just a step above my Vizio 5.1 surround speakers which are hundreds of dollars less. The sound quality is good but it definitely isn't going to blow you away.

A great budget speaker. Has nice deep base.

Very nice woofer.

We replaced our thumping, rumbling disaster of a subwoofer with this and just love it. I had to go fairly high with the volume, and standard 80hz crossover works great in my setup. It's a clean, unobtrusive bass that's great for music and excellent for movies as well. I highly recommend it!

Les bonnes nouvelles (les moins bonnes suivront ci-dessous): - Emballage supérieur qui protégera votre investissement. En fait, ceci donne déjà un aperçu du sérieux de cette entreprise que je ne connais pas. - Esthétique et fini agréable. Aucun défaut apparent. - Produit une contribution positive même à un très bas niveau sonore. - Aucun 'clic' audible en mode auto, lorsque le subwoofer devient sollicité. - Aucun 'hum' audible en mode standby ou actif. - Ajoute un octave à mes (excellents et dispendieux) petits haut-parleurs principaux, sans dégradation aucune de la qualité sonore. Les moins bonnes nouvelles: - Les spécifications de puissance et de réponse en fréquence sont modestes. Oubliez les tremblements de terre en mode cinéma et les sons extrêmement bas, d'autres produits existent pour cela. - Les connecteurs ne permettent que le branchement de petits câbles dénudés (en mode speaker B). Les connecteurs sont par ailleurs très rapprochés. Il y a peu d'espace. Il faut prendre son temps pour connecter le tout sans court-circuiter vos appareils. J'aurais personnellement mis quelques dollars de moins sur l'emballage et quelques dollars de plus sur ces connecteurs. Mais bon, une fois connectés, ceci devrait faire l'affaire. - Il y a un témoin lumineux indiquant que le subwoofer est sous-tension, mais pas de témoin pour signaler qu'il est actif. À très bas niveau, il faut vraiment se rapprocher à quelques pouces pour entendre s'il est actif ou non. En résumé, ce produit dépasse mes attentes. Je le recommande pour peu que vous ayez pris le temps d'établir correctement vos besoins. MISE-À-JOUR JUIN 2025 Contrairement à ce que j'ai écrit plus haut, il existe un connecteur en forme de 'U' avec une ouverture de 5mm compatible avec ce produit. Plusieurs offres disponibles sur Amazon à partir de 10$ pour un ensemble. Offre une connexion supérieure et plus sécuritaire que le fil nu. Moins de risque d'endommager vos appareils. Les connecteurs standards 'Banane' et 'Aiguille 2mm' ne sont pas compatibles. Je réitère ma très grande satisfaction pour cet achat.

Matched with a pair of Ai41 and couldn't be happier with the results. Hemmed and hawed for the longest time regarding best subwoofer. I could pay more but for casual listening, these sound great in my large living room. I get good detail from the Ai41 and solid bass end to round out the sound. Very satisfied.

Decent. Not awesome. Good for the $

Recommending against this product. Such a terrible design to have a stupid branding idea ruin the sound of this product. The hard bevelled fluance logo rattles against the same bit on the cover when it's put on. Must be played without the cover on just because of a horrible design. Its got decent enough sound otherwise, pretty tight control of amp and cutoff and responds to software eq-ing from the DAC and streaming player. I just can't get over how dumb the design is to ruin the sound by a vibrating plaque in the very last step of engineering process. Baffles me as much as it rattles me lol. Also note that the backplate gets extremely hot, so keep away from heat vents and curtains etc. Normal for a sub, but most subs issue warnings in their manual. I bought a couple aluminum heat sinks and double sided thermal adhesive pads. I padded them to the hot spot on the sub, turned down the response (crossover from klipsch bookshelf reference) and up the volume - TLDR: this sub absolutely pounds if you up the volume and help it cool because it dials back response and thump when it heats up and it heats up real fast if you drive it past midpoint. If you're willing to do a bit of hacking this is easily a $75 value add for diy audiophiles on a budget. From 3stars to 4.5stars, the difference is that noticeable. Makes you wonder why fluance didn't just spend $3 dollars on a cooling solution as a standard. Man, for 5 mins if sleuthing on eBay and $5 and 5 more mins to stick it on the back of the sub box, this is a diamond in the rough.

Attractive, nicely finished. Sound wise nothing stands out. It is adequate for its size but I cannot report that it is anything special. Price is reasonable.