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10" self powered sub-woofers.....

I was using an NHT B10 d to supplement the bottom end of my Acoustat 100 hybrid speakers...  electrostatic panel over an 8" woofer module.  Due to the unexpected death of one of the subs in our living room I decided to move the B10 d there, to augment an NHT C10, and replace the sub in my listening room/office.
Since I've had good experiences with Stereophile Recommended Components over the years I decided to look up their recommendations on 10" subs and found a Martin Logan Dynamo 800X which is a 300 W 10" sub with ARC and phone app controls. It also meets the maximum width of 14.0" I have available for it.  The other alternative is the also recommended JL Audio E110 at about double the price.  Since there really aren't any salons in Miami to go listen to this gear being able to return it after 60 days or thereabouts if it doesn't work as contemplated is essential.  I can get the ML from Music Direct or Amazon... probably Best Buy too.
Any other recommendations are welcome as long as they meet the 14.0 maximum width criteria, are self powered and designed for music as a primary application vs. home theater explosions.
Thanks

midareff1
doctors11
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I'm new here so I probably need a few more posts before I can do PM's...thanks for trying. Really looking forward to your thoughts on the sub. Keep us posted.
midareff1 OP
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@doctors11 ... I've been getting a lesson on how valuable adjustments from the listening position can be for setting subs  Been trying to dial in the two 10" powered subs in the living room video system.  Test tones, sound pressure meters..  back and forth endless times.  I think I'm getting close...  I have them crossing over before they start to "bloom" low male vocals and I can still hear the warp engines on the Enterprise.  Have to spend some more time testing different movies and programs but at least I'm in the ball park now.  ML sub die in late tomorrow....   so it starts again.
doctors11
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Boy can I relate to that. These 62 year old knees will absolutely love not getting on the floor, getting up...over and over to get the sound right!

Good luck with the unboxing and set up. Pics would be nice.
doctors11
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@midareff1 How's it going with the new subs?
midareff1 OP
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@doctors11 I wrote you about three pages of exactly what and where and clicked a wrong spot and it all went away. I’ll juts rewrite this very briefly... the controls mount under the sub when front firing so to use a real power cord I need an Audioquest IEC 90 degree adaptor and 90 degree RCA adaptors. Both ordered as well as some double shielded 3 meter interconnects for the run. All should be in before the end of the week and at that point I can get it down on it’s spikes through the carpet instead of the rubber floor savers. Have about 7 hours on it towards a 50 hour break in per ML. The Flying Pigs album is not useful for dialing it in but the Patricia Barber I cited is near perfect. I can follow a bass fiddle riff all the way down the scale to a Korg type organ ultra low warble note for volume, definition and interaction with the woofer modules of the Acoustats. Playing with settings now in the -24 db overall, +2 db 20 - 30hz, 45 hz 4th order cut out filtering, no phase adjustment. Probably wing up lower of the filtering, need cables, more break in hours and to be on the spikes to get further.   Stay tuned.
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