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I Need Help Picking a Sub

Hello all. Right now i have put together of a somewhat decent theater system in my small living room. I need help with a sub woofer because i dont know what to buy. I am giving myself a cap of $1400 for something used on audiogon. I have Martin Logan ascent front and center speakers. I have a sunfire pre and 5 channel amp all of which are balanced connections. i am looking at the revelB15 sub or perhaps a velodyne DD series. because my space is tiny i was thinking nothing more than a 8" woofer but someone told me to stick with nothing lower than 10" for clarity. i could use some help from those audio pros out there.
dmf6978
laptopdoc
12 posts
 
To tame your small room with pinpoint accuracy of low frequency tones the best sub choice you already made is the DD go for a used DD 10 or you can go for the cheaper velodyne spl 1000R. both have excellent equalization option.

The JL Audio may produce a little more bass at high volume which you seldom may use but the sound equalization settings are not so great.
jallen
502 posts
 
The james EMB 1000, 1200, 1500 are very depending on room size, the ML ones mentioned are also great, and the JL Audio, and Rels.
blindjim
3,092 posts
 
If I had ML speakers, I'd sure look at ML subs first.

But I really do like my DD15... but sometimes wish I had gotten the DD18 instead.

Subs aren't about loudness so much as they are about depth.... and you can use the volume knob on them, ya know. Get a DD12.
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stringreen
6,470 posts
 
Depending on your budget, check out the Vandersteen or Outlaw Audio units.
valgolfs
5 posts
 
SVS would be my first choice. Money back policy can't be beat.
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