With enough volume, a high-end home theater system and just the right DVD you can easily get the walls to shake. Trust me on that one. My neighbors have knocked on the door at 1 AM to ask if a small war had broken out in my living room. But you really don't need excessive volume to "feel" the movie or the music; you just need a quality subwoofer. The problem is that subwoofers tend to be tucked away in a corner because they're truly unsightly: Thus the deep bass doesn't reach full potential.

Those lucky enough to have a dedicated home theater, or at least a room where they can do some custom install work, have another option, with the newly announced Meridian SW300 In-Wall Subwoofer. This addition to the company's high-end installation loudspeakers ensures that the subwoofer need not be an eyesore.

The subwoofer is mounted into the wall like other traditional install speakers and features an external rack-mounted active subwoofer control station, so you can adjust the bass to fit your needs. The controller includes balanced analog studio-quality XLR inputs, as well as S/PDIF digital input. The SW300 will certainly let you feel what you're listening to when it is released later this year. The price hasn't been announced, but you're likely to feel this product in your wallet!--Peter Suciu