100% fabricated myth that an 8” is tighter than an 18” (though it should be obvious that a $500 8” is likely better quality than a $500 18”). A well built subwoofer is good no matter the driver size. Rythmik’s owner has a Ph.D in Electrical Engineering, he knows what he is doing (not to put that on a pedestal, as HSU’s owner, Dr. Hsu, has a Ph.D in Mechanical Engineering I believe), and he has a whole list of web articles explaining how he gets good performance:
http://www.rythmikaudio.com/technology.html
Rythmik, HSU, and PowerSoundAudio (co-founder of SVS) all make excellent bang for buck subwoofers; maybe a $2500 Vandy is better than a $1000 Rythmik/HSU/PSA, but it’s not better than a $2500 Rythmik/HSU/PSA.
Rythmik even takes a shot at Velodyne on their F18’s page:
http://www.rythmikaudio.com/technology.html
Rythmik, HSU, and PowerSoundAudio (co-founder of SVS) all make excellent bang for buck subwoofers; maybe a $2500 Vandy is better than a $1000 Rythmik/HSU/PSA, but it’s not better than a $2500 Rythmik/HSU/PSA.
Rythmik even takes a shot at Velodyne on their F18’s page:
The independent test lab site www.data-bass.com has published the max distortion numbers for F18 and Velodyne DD18+ (courtesy of Josh Ricci). The F18 has lower distortion and yet more output than Velodyne DD18+ for 1/3 of the price. In addition, the test results also include the impulse response of 18hz high damping which shows minimal ringing, a testament of F18 articulation bass sound.