Orbitsound T12 Soundbar V2 review

For a passive subwoofer, which are usually fairly terrible, it does a great job. Bass is loud and thumping the way it should be, adding that extra dimension to music and soundtracks. The soundbar takes care of the rest of the audio with its two 2.5in and two 1in forward-facing speakers, plus the two 2in side speakers.
These have a great frequency range, producing clear focussed audio in all of the music genres we listened to. A key thing here is the detail that they produce, bringing out parts of a music track that you may miss on cheaper systems.

You don’t have much control over the sound, and you can only adjust bass, treble and volume using the remote control. There’s no information display to show you the current settings, so making the right adjustment is by ear alone. You’ll need to listen carefully, as adjusting the bass and treble is key to get the best out of this system and bring out all of the detail you want to hear.

As it’s a passive subwoofer there’s no frequency crossover control (the frequency at which the subwoofer decides to play a sound), but that’s not important here as the sub has been carefully matched to the speakers to produce the balanced sound you can hear. A great job has been done, as there’s never a point where the audio sounds flat, tinny or has too much bass in it.

The bundled remote control lets you navigate through an iPod’s menus. We tested it with the new iPod touch, previous generation and iPhone 4 and all worked seamlessly with the remote. The only device that wouldn’t work was the new iPod nano, but this uses a completely different interface to previous models. Fortunately, every iPod we connected was also charged.