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Paradigm or JL subwoofer

I am making changes to my 5.1.4 system. I use it for home theater and listening to music.
I have a Paradigm SW 1000 Prestige sub. It was suggested to me that if I am upgrading my system I should have two subs. I listened to two JL Fathom f112v2 subs. The sound was great. They would cost probably $9000. As I already have the Paradigm SW1000 sub, I am thinking of just adding another one for $3000 and saving $6000 that I could use for better electronics such as a Lumin T2 streamer. Would two Paradigm 12 inch subs be a major drop-off in sound quality compared to the JL's. Thanks

galleybob
james633
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The E112s ($2500 each) sounds just as good as the Fathom 12s and look much nicer with the grills off imo. the driver design is a lot newer. But and it is a big but they don’t have the built in room correction. You do gain a built in highpass crossover the fathom line lacks though. 
If you have a problematic room this might matter to you. I have a large dedicated room with flexible placement so it is less of an issue for me. 
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audiotroy
3,797 posts
 
we used to sell jl audio the paradigm sw 2000 sounded far better it was more musical and had even more output

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erik_squires
16,111 posts
 
The JL audio's big selling point is the automatic room integration is really great. If you aren't a room acoustics/measurement geek this will save you ages of time and trouble in getting it right.
galleybob OP
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@audiotroy Thanks for the comment. My sub is SW1000, would you say the same for the 1000SW compared to the 12" JL
galleybob OP
156 posts
 
@james633 Thanks for the comment. I will look into the E112's. I'm not sure if I need the built in room correction or not. I will look into it
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