50 Greatest Bargains in High-End Audio - December 2020
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JL Audio Fathom f112v2/f113v2 subwoofers
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Editors' Choice Award Winner
The Absolute Sound, 2008-2022 (Fathom f112 & f113)
Golden Ear Award Winner
The Absolute Sound, 2007 (Fathom f112 & f113), 2018-2019 (Fathom f112v2 & f113v2)
Product of the Year
The Absolute Sound, 2007 (Fathom f112 & f113)
"The JL Audio combo of Fathom f212v2 and CR-1 strongly benefited the quality, scale, detailing, and full power of orchestral music by enhancing the depth and width of the soundstage while revealing ambience cues. I felt and heard the jaw-tightening mass of the bass-drum strokes... They burst into my listening room as dense, concussive thuds with clean, defined leading edges."
– Larry Greenhill, Stereophile, November 2016
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"The performance of this sub is just incredible. Firstly, it is brain-numbingly loud if you want it to be. But secondly, it has the most controlled, tight, fast and accurate response, tied to a happy ability to move stupid amounts of air."
"Yet the JL Audio offers far more than merely a huge boom, or awesome control but no ultra-low presence – rather the F212 can do both, making it a sumptuous partner for your surround speakers. And it impresses at very low levels, too. Where other woofers won’t wake up, the JL Audio will underpin in an almost magical way, so you can even have bass richness during late-night sessions (as long as anyone sleeping upstairs can’t feel the floor tickle their toes)."
"To sum up, the F212 is a reference-grade subwoofer with velvet-covered hammers in its face. I struggle to think of a better sounding product. JL Audio is finally here. Be afraid, be very afraid."
-Adam Rayner, Home Cinema Choice (UK) December, 2012
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"What’s so spectacular about the sub isn’t that it can play a 20 Hz test tone loud enough to threaten liquefaction of your bowels. (OK, that is pretty spectacular!) What’s really incredibly phenomenal about the f212 is the range, and the total control over that range that it has. It was masterfully awe-inspiring. And now I have to say that I sincerely hate the folks at JL Audio because they have forever ruined any pleasure I might have enjoyed with any other subwoofer. I’ll never be able to listen to another without comparing it to the f212. I dare say that there are a scant few other subs out there that are capable of rising to that challenge. JL Audio’s Fathom f212 is more than just one hell of a subwoofer—it’s one hell of an experience."
– Darryl Wilkinson, Sound & Vision, March 2012
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Home Theater 2012 Top Pick of the Year - f212
"If it weren't just a subwoofer, this would be a national treasure-or a secret weapon."
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"The Fathom f212 has raised the performance quality of my audio system, and my enjoyment of it, to much higher levels" "The Fathom f212 belongs in the top-rank–Class A–of Recommended Components."
– Larry Greenhill, Stereophile, April 2010
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"It was the most intense bass experience I ever hope to have."
– Kal Rubinson, Stereophile, (On the JL Audio CEDIA demonstration)
