Exposing Dayton Audio SUB-1500’s Biggest Secret—It’s Not 150 Watts!

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  @wal · 1 year ago (edited) · pinned

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  @johnhermanson5249 · 1 year ago

  I expect much more from Dayton audio and Parts Express.

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  @OldManBadly · 1 year ago

  This is the sort of level of false advertising that really needs to be dealt with. &nbsp; There is no chance that this sub matches what is on the front of the box, not physically possible. &nbsp;Dayton Audio should be offering full refunds to anyone who bought it thinking they were getting an actual 150watt sub.

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  @fatstacks89 · 1 year ago

  Im fan of this home audio testing keep it up

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• PA

  @Pale-Villain · 1 year ago

  Please keep doing these type of videos.

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• IC

  @iceman45ification1 · 1 year ago

  It&apos;s a shame that Rockville outperformed the Dayton. I really like Dayton Audio. Their products are great for the price but this is a huge let-down. They should&apos;ve used their 250w plate amp instead of this one, assuming they still make it. &nbsp;Great video, as always, BigD!! 👍

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• DS

  @dslynx · 1 year ago

  Thank you so much for posting videos like this!!! &nbsp;When you&apos;re talking about watts as low as 150W, you&apos;d expect it to be 150W. &nbsp;When they say 6kW, you can expect it to be no where near that.

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• MS

  @msh6865 · 1 year ago

  Wow, gotta be careful everywhere nowadays. Thanks Dereck!

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• LO

  @lone-ranger-nomad · 1 year ago

  Yo D, you Should write to SVS and ask them if you can Test their SVS PB-17 Ultra Revolution, that would be sick man!

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  @SolemnStacker · 1 year ago

  That stinks they advertise it as 150 watts. &nbsp; I have a lot of Dayton Audio gear over the past 15 years, and it has all been exceptional. &nbsp; <br>Built some great bookshelves with Dayton 6.5 and Tweets in some Cherry veneered prefinished Parts Express boxes with over 20,000 hours of listening time (running off 2 channels of an Emotiva XPA-5 Gen 1, 350w RMS @ 4 ohms). &nbsp;Also a Dayton SA1000 rack amp that has well over 20,000 hours listening time (powering JBL W15GTi MKII).<br>And of course their DATS is an incredibly useful tool if you build speakers or mess with raw Drivers a lot.

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• OP

  @opticaldvd123 · 1 year ago

  You should do a series of videos on plate amplifiers from parts Express I&apos;ve always been interested to know if those things really put out what they&apos;re rated at

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  @TeksTherapy · 1 year ago

  I hate when companies can&apos;t be trusted for their specs.

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