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Auralex SubDude HD - Subwoofer Isolation Platform

  • Price: $59.99
  • GBP 38.30
  • B&H # AUSBDHD
  • Mfr# SUBDUDEHD

Product Highlights

  • For De-Coupling Subwoofer
  • Black Velour Wrapped
  • 15 x 15 x 2.5"

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The SubDude HD from Auralex is a platform wrapped in cleanable black velour, and designed to prevent the vibration of a subwoofer's enclosure from being transmitted to the floor, or any other surrounding surfaces. Subwoofers create large, low frequency vibrations. When coupled directly to the floor, it causes the floor and the objects to resonate - not only at the fundamental pitch, but also at other harmonic frequencies, causing interference with the source.

By eliminating upper harmonic resonances the listener is able to hear a truer bass tone below 100Hz. This translates to the listener as more accuracy in the low end, and a cleaner (less muddy) crossover between the sub and the full range LCR channels.

Used to float a subwoofer off of the floor
Eliminates "secondary resonance"
Allows the source to be reproduced more accurately
Wrapped in cleanable black velour
Dimensions (WxDxH) 15 x 15 x 2.75" (381 x 381 x 70mm)

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AuralexSubDude HD - Subwoofer Isolation Platform
 
4.9

(based on 10 reviews)

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100%

of respondents would recommend this to a friend.

Pros

  • Attractive (6)
  • Easy to setup (5)
  • Easy to set up (3)

Cons

    Best Uses

    • Home theater (9)
    • Home (3)
      • Reviewer Profile:
      • Audiophile (6), Movie enthusiast (6), Practical (3), Tech savvy (3)
      • Was this a gift?:
      • No (6)

    Reviewed by 10 customers

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    5.0

    "I would buy this product again and agai

    By gillys

    from CA

    About Me Movie Enthusiast

    Verified Buyer

    Pros

    • Easy To Set Up

    Cons

      Best Uses

      • Home Theater

      Comments about Auralex SubDude HD - Subwoofer Isolation Platform:

      I'm very satisfaction for this product

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      • No

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      5.0

      Great, easy and affordab subwoofer tweak

      By Santiago

      from Atlanta

      About Me Audiophile, Movie Enthusiast

      Verified Reviewer

      Pros

      • Affordable
      • Attractive Design
      • Easy to Mount
      • Easy To Set Up
      • Great Sound Quality

      Cons

        Best Uses

        • Home Theater

        Comments about Auralex SubDude HD - Subwoofer Isolation Platform:

        Using the Subdude HD on hardwood floor with my Sunfire TSJ8 subwoofer. This little sub has tremendous mechanical energy and easily dances around the floor. I tried "audiophile" grade rubber feet, spike feet (into the wood floor), and granite slabs on top of the sub to anchor it to the floor. None really worked. The sub still moved and produced rattling sounds. Then comes the Subdude HD. This simple little platform solved all of my sub's movement on the floor and the rattling. In addition to solving the previous problems, I can now really hear my Sunfire, and not my walls, floor, cabinetry, etc. Sub now sounds very very musical. There's so many variables when tweaking a sub to fit it's surroundings. The subdude is a simple and affordable option. It's definately worth a try and is very simple to return if it doesn't work in your listening environment.

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        4.0

        SubDude HD

        By Gerard

        from Thornwood, NY

        About Me Movie Enthusiast

        Verified Buyer

        Pros

        • Attractive Design
        • Easy To Set Up
        • Great Sound Quality

        Cons

          Best Uses

          • Home Theater

          Comments about Auralex SubDude HD - Subwoofer Isolation Platform:

          Looks good and isolates low frequencies from floor.

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          • No

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          5.0

          Subdude HD

          By Ksankar

          from Shelton,CT

          About Me Audiophile

          Verified Buyer

          Pros

          • Easy Setup

          Cons

            Best Uses

            • Home Theater

            Comments about Auralex SubDude HD - Subwoofer Isolation Platform:

            Works as expected.Reduces the vibrations from reaching your floor and thus to the surrounding walls.This makes the low bass sounds pleasing to listen and you don't have to crank up the volume and enjoy good music without annoying your wife:)

            Movies have a greater punch in explosions.

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            • No

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            5.0

            Gets rid of room vibrations

            By NoNickname

            from piscataway, NJ

            About Me Audiophile, Movie Enthusiast, Practical, Tech Savvy

            Verified Reviewer

            Pros

            • Attractive Design
            • Easy Setup
            • Easy to Mount

            Cons

            • One size fits all

            Best Uses

            • Home
            • Home Theater

            Comments about Auralex SubDude HD - Subwoofer Isolation Platform:

            I bought this for a Martin Logan Grotto subwoofer. I put it on my hardwood floors, and replaced the rubber feet with spikes on the subwoofer.

            Amazing results. Removed 90% of the resonance, and tightened the bass immensely. My wife likes it because now the bass doesn't permeate the whole house.

            I'm thinking of buying a pair for my front towers and see how they do.

            Only negative thing is that I wish they had more size options.

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            • No

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            5.0

            Great!

            By twokatmew

            from Michigan

            About Me Audiophile, Movie Enthusiast, Practical, Tech Savvy

            Verified Buyer

            Pros

            • Attractive Design
            • Easy Setup

            Cons

            • Expensive for what it is

            Best Uses

            • Home
            • Home Theater

            Comments about Auralex SubDude HD - Subwoofer Isolation Platform:

            Even at low volume, my subwoofer was rattling the oak floor beneath the carpet as well as the walls and everything hanging on them. In the basement below, the loud thumping was unbearable.

            With the SubDude HD, not only does the bass sound tighter, but no more rattling and thumping.

            The "HD" is a black velour-type fabric, much nicer (and $10 more) than the regular SubDude, which is covered in gray indoor-outdoor carpet.

            Expensive, but worth every penny. I'd buy it again.

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            5.0

            Excellent unit to isolate vibrations.

            By Witty

            from Bay Area, CA

            About Me Audiophile, Tech Savvy

            Verified Buyer

            Pros

            • Attractive Design
            • Easy Setup

            Cons

            • Cost

            Best Uses

            • Home Theater
            • Smaller Rooms

            Comments about Auralex SubDude HD - Subwoofer Isolation Platform:

            I'm using this to decouple a relatively small subwoofer, which is more for music and good sound than knocking the air out of the listener. I live on the top floor of an apartment, and I'm trying to keep my neighbors from hating me. With the sub on the floor, I could feel the walls vibrating along with the floor to the bass. After decoupling with the SubDude, the vibrations were largely subdued. I could still feel hard hits at decent volumes on the wall, but not the constant shaking of before.

            My only issue with this is that it is semi-pricey for nothing more than well cut pieces of foam. That aside, it is very well designed and high quality.

            All-in-all, it's a good start to calming down the transferred vibrations of the sub to its surrounding areas.

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            5.0

            I would BUY THIS PRODUCT again.

            By dmet1109

            from Maryville, Tennessee

            About Me Audiophile, Movie Enthusiast, Practical, Pro Audio / DJ, Vinyl Collector

            Verified Buyer

            Pros

            • Attractive Design
            • Easy Setup

            Cons

            • NONE

            Best Uses

            • Basic Systems
            • Home
            • Home Theater
            • Wood floors

            Comments about Auralex SubDude HD - Subwoofer Isolation Platform:

            Use under my Rel T1.
            Seems to subdue excess boom but not reduce the sound output.
            I hear a better concentration from my Rel T! instead of a blurring, bouncing, bass. Very happy with this product. Would DEFINITELY RECOMMEND!

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            5.0

            Works amazingly well

            By Big D

            from Albuquerque, NM

            About Me Experienced

            Verified Buyer

            Pros

            • Clear Sound
            • Compact
            • Easy To Use
            • Lightweight
            • Versatile

            Cons

              Best Uses

              • Home Studio

              Comments about Auralex SubDude HD - Subwoofer Isolation Platform:

              I have two sub-woofer's in my apartment one that goes down to 33 Hz and the other goes down to 22 Hz and I noticed a definite decrease in sound transmissions into the floor for both sub-woofers. When listing to my Klipsch sub-woofer that goes to 22 Hz I notice much cleaner lower frequencies and Avatar does not shake the entire floor when something moves in that movie and sounds amazingly clean. Also when listening to bass heavy music, such as Parliament the base is very crisp with the SubDude HD. Very impressed with this product. I purchased another one so I did not have to transport my one from one sub-woofer to another.

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              5.0

              Worth it for hard floors

              By Chezko

              from Culver City, CA

              About Me Experienced

              Verified Buyer

              Pros

              • Clear Sound
              • Compact
              • Easy To Use
              • Lightweight

              Cons

                Best Uses

                • Home Theater

                Comments about Auralex SubDude HD - Subwoofer Isolation Platform:

                This product worked great. I just moved into a new place with hardwood floors and the bass my sub was producing became extremely punchy. I did some research and decided to give the SubDude HD a try. Sure enough my lows are clean and crisp again. I'm sure my upstairs neighbors also appreciate less rattle coming from a new tenant.

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