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Best home theater subwoofer to mate w/Aerial 7B's

I just purchased a pair of Aerial 7B's for my dedicated home theater room. Although the room is rather small (12x12), I would like to find a sub that will both pressurize the room and mate well with the 7B's. I've heard the REL Storm III and it sounded great and mated perfectly with the Aerial's. How well will this sub work on LFE in a HT set-up? Are there any other subwoofers that I should consider?
zippyy
ed_sawyer
588 posts
 
How about the Aerial SW12? couldnt' get much more perfect than that.
zippyy OP
98 posts
 
Ken and Ed,
That is the obvious choice, but I'm thinking that they are just to big and maybe overkill for a 12x12 room. They are also a bit pricey! Would one (or two) Storm III's work. I'm not sure these are the proper subs for HT.
sugarbrie
3,854 posts
 
If it is dedicated HT, you may want to consider the Q series REL's like the Q100E, Q150E, or Q201E. They are all excellent at their price points. The 150 and 201 have a small footprint also. The Q series are also very musical.
wenterprisesnw
66 posts
 
The Hsu Research (www.hsuresearch.com) VTF-2 was given a "Class A" rating in Stereophile's Guide To Home Theater magazine. Best of all, you could get TWO of them for about $1k. What other powered sub can offer such a value? It is definitely one (or a pair of them) to consider for your Aerial system.
sugarbrie
3,854 posts
 
Just a note: The Class A in the Stereophile Home Theater magazine is not the same thing as a Class A in the Audio Magazine. I believe the HSU is Class C or D in the Audio Magazine. The REL's are mostly all Class A and B in the Audio Magazine depending on model.
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