Introduction

Most of you know I am a huge subwoofer fan. I have four big (18" driver) Velodyne subs in my home theater reference lab and two more in one of my two-channel reference labs. I truly love deep bass.

I like my low frequencies to be delivered at high SPL with as little distortion as possible. The way to get that is by having a big driver in a big enclosure with a powerful amplifier. The 18" subs fit that profile.

People ask me why I have so many big subs. The reason is that I set each one at low volume, and this gives me plenty of room shaking bass, but almost zero distortion because each subwoofer is working at only a fraction of its potential.

My wife puts up with having all those big boxes because A/V is my business, and because she certainly has no complaints once the lights are down and the movie begins. There is no question that such films as Pearl Harbor are a real experience with equipment like that. When guests come over and watch a movie with us, I have to tell them to close their mouths as they leave, before a bird starts building a nest inside.

There are plenty of consumers who also like this type of experience and excuse the room full of stuff because they want the huge sound.

But, there are also lots of folks who just can't or won't have all of the big boxes in the room. Yet, they do want a reasonable movie experience, so they are looking for the product that shakes their booty but doesn't look like a small refrigerator in the corner.

Enter the Velodyne MicroVee.