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Best subwoofer for a Wilson Puppy

I have now a Puppy 6 and am planning to upgrade to the Wilson puppy 7 + a subwoofer or the Wilson Maxx. But since my room is not to big and I can not finance the Maxx 2 yet I am thinking about buying the WP7 + a good subwoofer.

My slection so far:
1. Wilson Watch Dog
2. Velodyne DD18
3. Revel B15

Which subwoofer will be the best. I know the Wilson will fit the best but it is like 16000 US$ whicle the revel is 5000 US$ and the velodyne 4500 US$. The Velodyne sounds like a good buy but will it work with a Wilson speaker. Will it not be to slow for 2 channel.

I do not play movies and am only interested in a subwoofer for music. Which will be the best choise and who has experience with a good sub for a Watt / Puppy.

Peter
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dgad
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I use my Watchdog w. my Maxx II & before witht the WP7. I turn it off from time to time to check if I really need it. It really adds to the foundation of the music. The Watchdog comes up a lot on Audiogon. I run the crossover very low at about 30 HZ. I would almost recommend 2 subs if you can swing it. It needs to be a very fast subwoofer or it won't integrate. Also you need to cross it over very low to make it blend. I myself wonder if a pair of Velodynes or Revels will be better than a single Watchdog.
ksales
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I would also look at the new Revel Sub 30 which has a significant amount of adjustment technology built in. Also Theil SS subs are incredible and can be purchased with an active crossover that will match your speakers to the sub. Theil is a great sub to blend with other speakers.
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crna39
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I too am running a WatchDog II with my 7's. I got mine on A-gon for $5000 in perfect cond!
I feel the integration with the Wilson sub is seemless. Like the poster above, you have to turn it off to make sure it's actually working!

Regards,
Bruce
audiooracle
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Check out the Escalante Uinta. It is $5,500.00 and it is the finest subwoofer for the money on the market. The Uinta was designed by Therry Budge who was the head designer of both Wilson and Talon. The Uinta is incredibily fast and totally seemless. If you are in the NJ area I would welcome you in to hear it. The Uinta is flat to 16hz and it plays really loud.
rives
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I can tell you the Velodyne will not work terribly well. I worked at a client's trying to get that sub to integrate to WP 7s and could not. The issue was the crossover's lowest point was 40 Hz. The WP-7 were solid down below 30 Hz. I really needed to set the crossover to roll in at something like 28 Hz and it was not available on the Velodyne.
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