Fastest subwoofer?

Over time I have had B&W 6,Rel Stadium III, Aereal SW12 & now JL Audio F113. The JL's are the fastest out of all of them. The only issue with the JL's is there is no LFE input so if you want to use them with both HT and 2 channel they are harder to integrate. I ended up using the NHT X2 crossover.

The one with the least driver excursions would be the better sounding or as you say faster subwoofer.

IME, the SF Minuetto will be a very tough mate for any subwoofer. The speaker's FR is significantly elevated thru the entire bottom octave (plus) of it's response. If you mate a sub for seamless transition at the crossover point, you'll have too much bottom end, overall. If you set the sub for a natural octave to octave balance overall, you'll have a significant level mismatch at the crossover point. The only solution that worked reasonably well was to mate the sub for smooth "hand off" and slowly taper its response (as pitch falls) with parametric EQ. And even that wasn't particularly great.

Marty

PS There are a lot of threads here re: subwoofer "speed". You might want to read some of them. My guess is that you'll have a different view of the world afterwards.

PPS As to speed of a the large driver vs the speed of a small driver debate, I've tried both (extensively) and I come down squarely on the highly damped driver (large or small) side of the fence. In all other ways, large drivers are compelling, so I'm a highly damped, large driver guy, myself.

Interesting, Marty. But I have the old Minimas, not Minuetto. Perhaps we're talking about a different speaker.

I second the Vandersteen 2Wq. If you have the funds, consider a pair of them, and consider an upgrade to the MHP-5 active crossovers. Fantastic subs that are tuneful, fast, and very easy to blend with your mains.