Home Theater

Re: Help me select a subwoofer for my home theater.

Youthman — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 03:41:57 GMT

TheEAR:
Elemental Designs and Epik,this where you get the most for the dollar,and do not have to wait long to get the product. $600-800 you can get great performance and 16Hz output that is not only usable but of worth. Very deep bass extension is of littloe use if the output is too poor.

The Ear...would the Elemental Designs A5-350 or the A7S-450 be a good sub for a 15' x 25' dedicated theater room with an RF-83 system?

Re: Help me select a subwoofer for my home theater.

InVeNtOR — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 05:08:18 GMT

thats the one i am getting too! hey did you get the hour glass feet? i was told by the guy it was worth the extra bit, especally if you have to move the beast around.

Re: Help me select a subwoofer for my home theater.

peshewah — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 23:40:49 GMT

You can't go wrong with the A3 300 with the upgraded driver. I have one and its simply amazing.

Re: Help me select a subwoofer for my home theater.

TheEAR — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 01:32:54 GMT

Sorry for the late repply...

The Velo DLS...stay away,its a punch unit. Anu sub that cannot deliver down deep,is not a sub... a wannabe garbage box. The Paradigm DSP series,at first they so8unded promissing ,nah...again they are optimised for the masses that does know better.

Elemental Designs and Epik,this where you get the most for the dollar,and do not have to wait long to get the product. $600-800 you can get great performance and 16Hz output that is not only usable but of worth. Very deep bass extension is of littloe use if the output is too poor.

The sealed Dayton from PE,you can get better performance from eD or Epik for the dollar.

Re: Help me select a subwoofer for my home theater.

Brac — Thu, 22 May 2008 17:11:16 GMT

great looking foward to your review!!!!

Re: Help me select a subwoofer for my home theater.

InVeNtOR — Thu, 22 May 2008 06:55:58 GMT

i just asked this question and THE EAR sent me an e mail. he suggested epik, elemental designs, and svs. i personally chose elemental designs because the A3-300 with the upgraded driver, and hourglass feet is $515 total including shipping. the other two manufactures wanted several hundred more. i felt if i was asking his advice and didn't take it, i would be a tard.

good luck.

Re: Help me select a subwoofer for my home theater.

KdAgain — Wed, 21 May 2008 14:59:49 GMT

For an excellent, and I think very unbiased subwoofer review check this out http://www.tweakcityaudio.com/forum/showthread.php?t=11

Good luck in your search.

Rod

Re: Help me select a subwoofer for my home theater.

Ricci — Wed, 21 May 2008 14:42:20 GMT

You should look at offerings from the following companies...

AV123

SVS

HSU Research

Elemental designs

EpikSubwoofers

Rythmik Audio

You have large capable mains and they really don't need that much help from a sub above 32hz. IMOP a sub that is only good down to about 25hz isn't going to add much. You need a large sub that is going to give you a healthy dose of the 16-32hz octave. All of these companies provide real subs that have substantial output in that band. The 2 subs that you listed are both decent(I own the precurser to the DLS5000) but they aren't the bang for the buck champions.

Re: Help me select a subwoofer for my home theater.

jimmy4300 — Wed, 21 May 2008 05:09:51 GMT

Everyone keeps mentioning The Ear. And with good reason. If this request were posted to the correct forum, The Ear would have seen it and answered it long ago. I will put a link to this forum over there.

Re: Help me select a subwoofer for my home theater.

mbash — Wed, 21 May 2008 03:16:00 GMT

It really depends on the intent of the sub woofer ( movies or music). I have found the British make a great sub for the $$$$. Try http://www.mjacoustics.co.uk/. I own a Rel Q201 and it is aw some with both music and movies because of the intent to recreate music with detail and finesse along with impact and thrust movies require a well rounded Sub-Bass system. Oh by the way the guys at MJ Acoustics were the same guys who made Rel the best sub bass system on the market today for musical sub systems all musicians and engineers as well.

Re: Help me select a subwoofer for my home theater.

jamesV — Wed, 21 May 2008 02:15:19 GMT

Well let me start by saying that I am not a subwoofer guy, by any means. I just read what is posted on here by others and point out the other options out their for people looking.

Both of those look good, the only thing I can say is that the three that was posted are a good bang for the buck. I looked up your front speakers and you do want something that can go low and it looks like all the sub can do it. Then again if you are looking to save some money the three subs are hard to beat for $700.

If you can try to pm "The Ear" for his opinion on this matter, he is the real deal when it comes to subs. Also check out "Michael Hurd" beast that he is building.

Just my .02

James

Re: Help me select a subwoofer for my home theater.

scottwest — Wed, 21 May 2008 01:46:11 GMT

Those look pretty good James, the price is right!

Currently I am thinking:

Velodyne DLS 5000

Paradigm DSP 3400

Thoughts?

Re: Help me select a subwoofer for my home theater.

CECAA850 — Tue, 20 May 2008 12:44:43 GMT

jamesV:

scottwest:
I was thinking in the $800-1000 range.
I am also looking for something in this price range and here are the three company's that I am looking at.
http://av123.com/index.php?page=shop.product_details&flypage=shop.flypage&product_id=265&category_id=9&manufacturer_id=0&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=37
http://www.epiksubwoofers.com/Products.html
http://www.edesignaudio.com/index.php?cPath=2_41
I do believe that these are the best bang for the buck but THE EAR really is the man to ask.
James

3 good choices.

Re: Help me select a subwoofer for my home theater.

jamesV — Tue, 20 May 2008 03:20:15 GMT

scottwest:
I was thinking in the $800-1000 range.

I am also looking for something in this price range and here are the three company's that I am looking at.

http://av123.com/index.php?page=shop.product_details&flypage=shop.flypage&product_id=265&category_id=9&manufacturer_id=0&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=37

http://www.epiksubwoofers.com/Products.html

http://www.edesignaudio.com/index.php?cPath=2_41

I do believe that these are the best bang for the buck but THE EAR really is the man to ask.

James

Re: Help me select a subwoofer for my home theater.

oldbuckster — Mon, 19 May 2008 18:09:58 GMT

You can locate a sub on the left or right side of system ............. lotta' choices out there ..... post in Sub Woofer section, and get ahold of theEar, he'll send you down the right road .................