Best sub for music,


Not HT, repeat not the boomboomboom of HT  effects.  which does not offer the high fidelity of musical sub bass (20hz-40hz) 
I'd have to go with the seas W26E001. which has a magnesium/aluminum cone. 
What that raitio is, not sure, seems 50/50. 
None of us here like the sound of those old aluminum cones. But my guess is Seas had to incorporate some alumium inorder to gain the 20-30hz and also mabe keep costs down. 
This YT vid says **Aluminum cone** which is confusing YTers.
Its a  composite, and perhaps the best ture woofer on the market.
Been around for ages, still hard to beat for pure natural low mids. .
Magesium is the best material to keep unwanted resonances out in the  60-1k range, very low/hardly measurable distortion. 
The issue here  tops out at 1k, so its really a  sub. 
This woofer may be a  good candidate to pair with a  5 inch wide band. 



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSiuaMWodzI

http://www.seas.no/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=362:e0026-08s-w26fx001&c...
mozartfan
+1 for Rythmik.  Can't beat a well-done servo for musical bass, IMO.

As for nothing below 160 Hz, I've got a few words for you:

Toccata and Fugue in D Minor (as well as a LOT of pipe organ music, just to name one source).
@atmasphere , since JH raised the issue of amplification, what do you think? I'm getting what I think is good performance with an older Bryston SST.

How important is the amplifier in a system of subs? 
How important is the amplifier in a system of subs?
Almost any solid state amp made in the last 30-40 years has enough feedback to play the bass right (that's why solid state has always been known for good bass - good mids and highs? -that's another story...). Avoid any solid state amp that does not have a direct coupled output and you should be fine as long as it has enough power.
This article http://www.soundoctor.com/whitepapers/break-in.htm is a little bombastic but overall there is not much I can argue with. It is a good article for millercarbon to read. He won't like it but, he should read it anyway. He does not start talking about digital signal processing till the end of the article even though he is obviously a fan. It seems he thinks this is above most of us.