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

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.

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.

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.

Do you want to relax, stick with the Rel of any kind. But if you want overblown explosions and a room full of presure, go with the new version subs like the Sunfire Sig. - You do not need something as big as the Aerial sub or as expensive when Sunfire is 100percent the equal of it for half the price and one quarter the size in a LFE position (direct a/b comparison in my large room). Aerial 7's are great speakers, I have the 8b's But their sub is way overdone (price and size) for the LFE channel especially if you are in a small room or are going to use more than one. For music my oppinion would be rel only!

Sugarbrie, I take it your not an HSU fan. Are these not good subs for HT?
Mahandave, It is after all a dedicated HT room, so natually I would like the "overblown explosions". My friend just bought the Sunfire sub, it's hard to keep that sub from dancing all over the room. I wasn't really that impressed with it. I agree with you that the Aerial sub is too expensive for what you get. I love the REL's for music but how are they on HT LFE?