Subwoofers
I'm looking at subwoofers, my speakers are Sonus Faber Olympica III. I have looked at a lot of subs to the point of overloaded. I'm leaning toward REL S812 X 2 due to room size. My living room, kitchen and dining room are open with a 24 foot vaulted ceiling, area is 35 X 25.
JL Audio, Rythmik, PSA, HSU, to name a few have been checked out.
HELP!
My room is approximately 20 ft x 35 ft. I'm using two REL S/510 in a stereo pair. Using speaker level connections for two channel. I have the gain and crossover set really low. They blend well with my full range speakers. If I turn them up very high, it's too much. I can't feature needing bigger subs for two channel, but I haven't heard them. They don't have enough oomph for home theatre. I have a larger SVS sub that kicks in when I'm watching movies |
@greywolf In a room that size you are going to need two 15" or four 12" drivers at work. I design and build my own subwoofers and I only recommend the brands KEF, Martin Logan and Magico. I think what would best suite you would be two Martin Logan Balanced Force 212s. Balanced force subwoofers have matching drivers at opposite ends of the enclosure working in phase so both cones extend and contract at the same time cancelling out all Newtonian forces.The subwoofers produce less distortion. At this time REL, SVS and JL Audio make nothing like them. If you are going to do subwoofers a two way crossover is IMHO mandatory to get the best performance out of the system |
It looks like you may be selling yourself a little short. With that nice of a set of speakers, I would think a set of REL carbon specials could do the trick properly. Plus, that way as time goes by you can save your pennies and start stacking them for a line array. Or you could just use a pair of 212/sx and be done with it. Good luck 👍 most jealous of your quest. |
