Any sub you chose will be a compromise between Price/Performance/WAF/Your tastes/and What your looking for. It has to sound good to you in your living room.
Since no one has mentioned SVS subs, I will. After many auditions of other brands were unsatisfying, I bought a 12" w/525w built-in amp from SVS. SVS is at http://www.svsound.com. It is the most accurate sub I have heard. It's hard to describe. It's never boomy. It's just indescribably deep and potent. It sounds great for HT, but my true love is music (blues, jazz, rock, classical.) SVS is web only sales. There were tons of critical reviews, so I felt comfortable ordering one. And have never regretted it. I had made several subwoofers that didn't work like I wanted. I auditioned lots of subs and most of them were not what I was looking for. They were boomy and unmusical. If I had the money, I'd have two SVS subs. I'm just grateful to have one, because I can end my pursuit of great bass. You'll think I'm full of it but in my living room it's flat down to 22Hz +/- 3dB and has meaningful output down to 14Hz. And, this with a sub costing less than $1,000. (I couldn't hear the 14Hz tone, but my son's t-shirt was flapping as he stood next to the sub I played that tone.) I feel the SVS sub accurately plays the bass that has been laid down on the CD. (Some CDs are real sleepers - there is very deep bass and there was no way to know it before.) My setup I used test tones and a mic to select the best location for the sub. I also adjusted the bass level with an Audio Control Richter Scale III because I have a huge peak at about 60Hz. The Richter Scale III also has a Linkwitz-Riley crossover. It sounds fantastic. Dan -- dancarne ------------------------------------------------------------------------ dancarne's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2726 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20197 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
