10" self powered sub-woofers.....
I have owned this JL Audio D110 and thought it was outstanding. If you don’t need a high pass filter I doubt you would go wrong. https://www.jlaudio.com/collections/home-audio-powered-subwoofers/products/d110-ash-home-audio-domin... |
If it was movies only I'd think it might be perrfect.@midareff1 If you were looking for an SVS product for movies, one of their ported subs would probably be the better option. The SB1000s are sealed as are (to the best of my knowledge) the 1000 Pro subs. I use mine exclusively for music with both Totem Forest and Silverline Prelude Plus speakers (6.5" mid-range/bass driver & 3.5" drivers, respectively). Both Forests and Preludes are ported. I run them full range. The Forests rarely need them. Subwoofer integration with either speaker brand is seamless. Crossover, Phase and Gain are continuously adjustable. Bass is fast and tight. Once properly set up, you don't know the subs are on until you turn them off (well, aside from the little blue diode in an upper corner). Of course, this is all my room, my ears, blah blah blah. Three rules of audio: 1) You can always spend more; 2) There's always something that'll sound better; 3) Pursuing #1 doesn't guarantee #2. Nice bass "test track": Bela Fleck's Flight of the Cosmic Hippo. Good luck with your decision. |
@donvito .. thanks for the info. Unfortunately there are no real "dealers" with retail stores in my area, just custom installer dealers, and they only deal through stores. It is a very interesting product and if this was for a home theater application it might be AOK and I would probably take a shot. I have a real concern about the response speed of this unit being able to match the response speed of the 8" woofers and panels. While the NHT B10 d could match the NHT C10 couldn't or I would have stayed with it. Instead they are both doing service in living room home theater.. @ghosthouse4 .... thanks for your response. 1) is certainly true. I recently upgraded a digital front end including power and digital cables and this hobby knows no limits. 2).. LOL, might be true but until it proves itself in my system is isn't true and many have marched in with gear and left with it. Setting a sub with a phone app and room correction software is a new world for me after correcting my room with ASC traps, tubes and panels. I wrote down the recommended test track and will try it. Stereophile shows a recommendation for several of their larger subs and that does count for something. I think I'm starting to lean to the Martin Logan unit due to 60 day satisfaction guarantee from MDirect and the similarity of designs in Martin Logan's brand with their electrostatic hybrids and my Acoustats. I tried their app in Demo mode and find it pretty amazing too, better than 70 trips to the back of the sub-woofer to turn dials. Thanks for taking the time to respond. @boxer12 ... appreciate the response. 45.5" high sub-woofer tower is not what I had in mind. ... nor is a three month wait. This is more a story of speed, accuracy and sophistication instead of brute force. |
