When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Heres how it works.

We love to give practical buying advice about the latest gadgets here on TechRadar.

That’s what we bring you in these Money no object columns you canread the whole series here.

Nakamichi Dragon soundbar with 12-inch subwoofer under a TV

The subwoofer consists of a 12" driver and a downwards-firing bass radiator.

Sometimes even paradise isn’t perfect.

It’s loud, of course.

But where are the cataclysmic rumbles of thundering subsonic energy?

Nakamichi DRAGON subwoofer

The subwoofer consists of a 12" driver and a downwards-firing bass radiator.

Where are the tidal waves of bass energy?

What do you do when 3,000 watts just aren’t enough?

Nakamichi Dragon: what is it?

Nakamichi DRAGON 4x12 subwoofers

The flagship configuration uses four subs for earth-shaking bass.

But that was with four meager eight-inch subwoofers.

Nakamichi Dragon: what makes it special?

The drivers here are 12-inch aerospace-grade aluminum, backed with a wafer-thin layer of carbon fiber.

Nakamichi DRAGON subwoofers exploded view

Nakamichi says that it reproduces low-frequency effects “with authority, just like your local Dolby Atmos theater”.

With the full complement of subs, that’s likely to be quite the experience.

Nakamichi Dragon: is it worth it?

Samsung HW-Q990D Powered…

And there’s also a two-sub option with 8-inch subs rather than 12-inch ones.

That delivers 3,000W and costs $3,999.

But of course, power and price don’t tell the whole story.

SAMSUNG Q990D 11.1.4ch…

What about the sound?

But you didn’t come to an article about a four-sub system for subtlety, did you?

Prime

Samsung HW-Q990D 11.1.4ch…