This bottom of the range subwoofer from Jamo should be an absolute piece of crap. It's made of lightweight chipboard, weighs less than 7 kgs, uses a nasty 8" driver and has a built in 70 watt amplifier. So why am I bothering to review it? Well, for some strange reason it happens to sound good. I guess Jamo got to be the worlds 4th biggest speaker manufacturer by doing things right and making an inexpensive subwoofer that is good for both music and Home Theatre.

    Sure - it ain't no Paradigm PW-2200 but there again it ain't $2300! All equipment has to be looked at in regards to it's purchase price, after all, there's no "best of" only the best "value for money"

    This little box (346mm X 315mm X 345mm) has adjustable crossover and level controls. The bass response would appear to go down to around 32 Hz which for a $499 subwoofer is quite exceptional.

    It's not going to rock the room whilst watching movies, but placed in a corner (which effectively doubles the bass output) it certainly adds to the movie experience and offers tight bass extension for music.

    Where the budget is tight and there's not a lot of room for a big box, the Jamo E4 Subwoofer is one of the very few subwoofers that I can recommend to play with music as well as movies. Currently discounting to around $399, this is an excellent buy.