Which sub would you choose?

I'm not sure how much money you wanted to spend, but check out the Vandersteen V2W sub in a dealer demo. It's what I've got in my 5.1 home theater and I love it! Sells for $1200 new. It actually received 5 stars in practically every category in Widescreen Review Magazine subwoofer review issues last year. One of the only subs that scored higher was the Revel B15, which is an awesome sub but much higher in price. Good luck to you.

When you mentioned Rel I felt you were on the right track. The Rel Subs are incredible for music and excellent for HT as well. The Rel will allow for easy setup into your system by allowing both a high pass and low pass signal to be hooked up at the same time. This means no tweaking when switching from HT to 2 channel and visa versa. The Rel subs are sometimes looked down upon for HT because they lack "slam". What they really lack is distortion. My Rel creates a bass so low that you feel it inside you instead of hearing it at loud levels. Some dislike this but I tend to find it "accurate". Put a couple Stentor IIIs in your room setup by a professional and you may need to look into learning home improvement skills to fix your walls.

aerial sw 12 mid price and mirage bps 400 low end

Hi, All

I have to make similar decision aobut buying SW12. Currently, I have Aerial 10T, CC3 and snell for HT's rear speaker. I thought Aerial 10T is full range and don't need SUB and like to know your opinion. Do we need same brand SUB and Speaker? How about Velodyne HGS-18 ? Is this worth to invest another 4K or 3K for used on SW12? Why SW12 is cost twice more than HGS-18? Is this going to make big difference with SUB? Please advise.

The Aerial will mate perfectly with the 10 s and I cant stress enough the importance of matching a sub to your mains. Other than incorrect center channel placement , the single biggest mistake made in multichannel is the sub. Get the aerial and forget about life for a while. It is astounding and for full range , yes the 10 t s do benifit.