Sparks
looking at your system in your room, I have no idea how you can add more sound waves beating on the hard wood floor and the window...I suggest you should be looking for intoxicating midrange. bass is bull sh#*
Musical subwoofer under $2000
I’m looking for advice on what vendors to look at as l’d really like to add a subwoofer to my 2 channel setup. The room is c. 30x15 feet or 42 square meters with low ceiling of about 7.5 feet or 2.2 meters. Budget is c.$2,000 and my 2 channel speakers are Sonus Faber Sonetto VIII. My amp offers pre-out connection. I’d like REL but their S range is now too expensive, so something close in musicality would be great.
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Usually "musical" means enjoying the music as a whole but can also be at the expense of detail and accuracy. What you are looking for is an "articulate" subwoofer where the bottom notes sound like real instruments and not a boomy mess. Finding an "affordable" one seems difficult - I’m in the same boat. Maybe Vandersteen 2Wq or Sub3 may fit your needs. There's also the AudioKinesis Swarm, but I'm not sure how articulate they are. Other articulate subwoofers are priced higher : REL, NSMT. Funk, Perlisten, JL Audio... Good luck |
Rel “S” on sale $400 off At Cable Company here |
I listen to a wide range of music - rock, pop, country, electronic, opera, classical orchestral and lots of piano and jazz. I had a friend around about a month ago and he has Triton speakers with built in subs and commented on how my low bass wasn’t there, not badly, but just there was more low bass I was missing. I also feel the low end will give me more presence and atmosphere. I’m not displeased with my system and the midrange and top end are both great. I play mostly CDs and the PSAudio transport and Bel Canto DAC combined with the Pathos amp is revealing but not analytically detailed, but still detailed and tends to being slightly warm, which is great as the speakers are very neutral and I do have lots of hard surfaces. Again thanks kennyc; audiorusty; and sounds-real-audio for your valuable input and I’m hoping kennyc is getting value too as what he describes he is after is the same. |
I have owned Every major brand and the SVS4000-SB meaning sealed the driver itself is around 50lbs and weighs102 lbs it has a great app to fully tune your room and adjust the volume from your seat. for-around $1800 a great sub and will play flat inRoom true 18HZ or lower free shipping ,45 day Audition ,and even free return if-not happy a compact 13.5 inch driver. 5 year transferrable warranty ported,or subs with passive radiator more boom ,output but not as articulate . The JL AudioFathom are better but $4-5k and also isSealed , as is Magico, Wilson . |
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