Musical subwoofer for under 1K

Wow, I logged on to ask the very same question...best sub under 1k to compliment my M/L Areius's...

Anybody familair with the Soliloquy? Does it sound as nice as it looks?

This will be for audio only (HT is in another room). Also, which is the better connection method:

Line level out from the pre amp to the sub then line level from the sub to the amp

or

Line level from pre amp to amp, then speaker wire from the amp to the sub and speaker wire from sub to the M/Ls?

Thanks

Mitch

mitch, imho, the best connection is from preamp to a hi-quality active x-over, w/signal above x-over point going to the amp(s) driving the m-l's; and the low frequencies going to the amp driving the subs. an alternate would be to yust x-over the subs & run the m-l's full-range. any reasonably-priced powered subs' electronics will muck-up the sound of the m-l's much more than a decent active x-over, imo...

Tim,

Not sure if you're still monitoring this string...I have M/L Aerius's as well and am looking for a sub...how did the Vndersteen 2W you got work out?

Mitch

Do not by any subwoofer before listening to the Bag End Infra Sub-18. Very musical. 400W and goes down to 8 HZ (if you can hear it!). I own one after intensive research, including help from this site. Was rated the highest on the "Stereophile Guide to Home Theater". I listen to music 99%. This is it for me!

Try an AAD C-10, I think it is, way below $1,000 and I just installed one with a friends Aerius i speakers and it worked very fine indeed. Do not run the Aerius out of the sub, use its internal crossover, just add the subwoofer in parallel with your speakers (a la the REL method), set the crossover point on the sub to its lowest point and play with the volume level on the sub, move it around, and move your Aerius a bit further out from the wall than you had it before. You could afford 2 new ones for around $1,000.