Overall

Rated 4.8 Out off 5.0*

Features

Rated 4.7 Out off 5.0*

Great performance and compact size. The bass notes come out clean and tight. It goes relatively deep and is surprisingly musical. SUB-800 specs perform really well in movies too. Highly recommended for those who are working with limited space, but still want clean, deep, and accurate bass. The pulled off Velcro attached grill reveals a hearty stiff driver with durable thick rolled surround presumably formed from foam. It has the look of quality for a product in this range. The rear plate amplifier has all the necessary connections and the controls have a feel of quality. Spring clips are the norm for this price point.

Performance & Sound Quality

Rated 4.8 Out off 5.0*

I tried Y cabling with one RCA Subwoofer Out from receiver to 2 RCA in on subwoofer. Auto on works flawlessly at the low volume. At medium volume, this little sub puts out bass that is remarkably clean and precise down to the lowest notes on the Cambridge pipe organ. String bass sounds like it's right in the room. For a small space (condo), the output of this 8" sub is more than enough, even with less than optimal placement. If you are looking to fill a larger space, Dayton also makes 10" and 12" models. Good sounding, inexpensive sub for a smaller room when used at a lower volume. The sound quality is much better than can expect for $100. The mix of high and low inputs and outputs makes this perfect as a base unit for an office sound system. It can be described as a budget audiophile's dream.

Setup

Rated 4.7 Out off 5.0*

Easy SUB-800 setup and able to sculpt your lower end to your liking with the gain and crossover. As the instructions suggest though, you will definitely need to put it in a corner for it to have enough "oomph" in a reasonably sized room, so make sure your layout will allow for this. Also, the 'auto-on' feature doesn't seem to work very well with Dayton Audio SUB-800 settings, in that unless you have the volume turned way up the signal often isn't strong enough to trigger the unit to come on