BG Radia's BGX-4850 in-wall subwoofer shakes loose a rave review

by Steven Kim posted Jun 10th 2009 at 11:19AM

It's been a while since we heard about BG Radia's THX Ultra2-certified in-wall subwoofers, the BGX-4850, so we were pretty happy to see that AVGuide put them to a review. Word to the wise -- don't scoff at the small 4-inch drivers used in this subwoofer; by packing 48 of those little cones into each module in a kind of boxer style layout (Porsche and Subaru fans take note), the BGX-4850 (combined with a 2,200-Watt amp and a healthy dollop of DSP) turned loose sub-20Hz response that the reviewer ate up. No smudgy, slow, plodding bass here -- quite the opposite, actually. The reviewer said the transient response may outpace some of the primary speakers with which it's paired; something good is going on here. Good enough, in fact, to net perfect 10s for everything but the "value" portion of the competition; somehow you just knew that $7,000 tag would catch a snag somewhere along the way.

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

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Cory @ Jun 10th 2009 11:26AM

you need to get a sample in for testing!

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Jay @ Jun 10th 2009 12:27PM

The same thing can be accomplished for less than $1,200 and a day's worth of work using an infinite baffle setup. Assuming you havean attic, crawl space or large closet adjacent to the room you want bass in.

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BarkingGhost @ Jun 13th 2009 7:42AM

If you are going to open up a wall then why not just borrow a few cubic feet of space on the other wisde of the wall and build in a convention sub woofer? Or, if you have access to the entire adjoining space then create an infinite baffle subwoofer.

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Tony @ Jun 13th 2009 10:18AM

Looks like someone's trying to get rich off of someone...
Quick Too!!

Don't they have a law against Monopoly!?

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Tony @ Jun 13th 2009 9:59AM

Actually on another thought... if you're somewhat have an understanding how wires work... you can easily put together Twelve 4" subs, "stick them in Foam cups" put them facing each other and put in a nice amp to them and Tra-LA!! you got a Sub for under $2-3 Grand and response time is gonna be just as good bc of the small diameters..

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Tony @ Jun 13th 2009 10:04AM

I can use them in my Truck!! lol

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