Subwoofer for Magnepan 1.6?

A friend has a pair and we recently tried them with the Janis W1 sub, phenomenal!!!, I have also heard them with REL subs.

I own 1.6 Maggies and am using a REL Strata II sub.Downfire design seams well no bass boom or dicernable sub placement direction. I never cared for subs until I heard this one.

I too have a pair of 1.6's and in a small room you might want to consider just using them without a sub for a while, get to know them on their own terms, their bass is surprising good and after the break in period gets even deeper. I too was considering a sub but decided too get to know how they sound fully broken in before investing in a sub. My room is 14'X26' and I don't feel the bass is lacking. I have also heard very good things about the Vandersteen 2wq with the Maggies. The Maggies are so seemless and perfect without the sub, I too am on the fence about messing up a good thing up. Good Luck!

rehan said he dint have much luck w/his larger vmps subs x'd over at 40hz-12db/octave. amazing he even got "close", as he says - 12 db/octave is much too shallow a slope for electrostatics - you need at least 24db/octave. the vmps are great subs - the best at anywhere near the price. i'd suggest their originals, not the larger, for a small room. also, they now have updated drivers, which will be even faster & tighter. also, don't get one, whichever brand you get, you need two for proper imaging & integration for 2-channel stereo.