Sub advice

[harri009]

Looking to buy a small subwoofer to replace my SVS PB13 I recently sold. I needed to open some space. The ones I am contemplating are below. Anyone heard them and have an opinion?
Sunfire HRS 10, 12, XTEQ 10, 12
Definitive Technology 4000,6000,8000

[DYohn]

I am a Sunfire fanboy.

[vneal]

JL AUDIO
and REL

[harri009]

Aug 14, 2015 19:04:12 GMT -5 DYohn said:

I am a Sunfire fanboy.

Have you ever compared their HRS vs XTEQ lines?

[harri009]

Aug 14, 2015 19:53:18 GMT -5 vneal said:

JL AUDIO
and REL

JL I have always been impressed by, REL never heard one that sounded good to me lol. I pretty much want to stay with one of these 2 options though as my captain is a dealer so I can get them for cost from him where the other brands would most likely only be about 20% off. Plus I am trying to downsize the physical size from the SVS Pb-13 I just sold.

[Deleted]

I'm somewhat surprised you wouldn't consider staying with SVS and going with the  SB13-Ultra.


www.svsound.com/specials/outlet-specials  (scroll down)

www.svsound.com/subwoofers/sealed-box/SB13-Ultra

[vcautokid]

I love my SB-13 in my one bedroom apartment, and we aren't talking too much space here too.

[harri009]

Not wanting any measurement over 16". This is a 10x10 room so it shouldn't take much. The spot I am wanting to put it has a max clearance of 16"

The SB-2000 could work though.

[monkumonku]

Aug 15, 2015 5:03:41 GMT -5 vcautokid said:

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I love my SB-13 in my one bedroom apartment, and we aren't talking too much space here too.

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Apartment? Your neighbors must love you.

[vcautokid]

Actually with the Isolator feet, and my use judicially, I have no problems. I just can't go ape you know what on level etc. However, neither can my neighbors. Is that Audio Detente'?

[Boomzilla]

I've owned Def-Tech before. Despite their fudging their specs to the point of painful incredulity, they DO go low & sound good. Sunfire is also good, but from what I've read they do best with a crossover point well below 50 Hz. In other words, they're true SUB woofers (at their best from 15 to 45 Hz) and NOT woofers (like my PowerSound Audio XV-15s) which are happy to cross over up to about 100 Hz. When I had them, I crossed over my DefTech subs at 80 Hz, and they blended fine. That said, I wouldn't necessarily have tried to match them with a "fast" speaker like a Magneplanar...

Happy shopping.

[harri009]

Aug 15, 2015 13:34:13 GMT -5 Boomzilla said:

I've owned Def-Tech before. Despite their fudging their specs to the point of painful incredulity, they DO go low & sound good. Sunfire is also good, but from what I've read they do best with a crossover point well below 50 Hz. In other words, they're true SUB woofers (at their best from 15 to 45 Hz) and NOT woofers (like my PowerSound Audio XV-15s) which are happy to cross over up to about 100 Hz. When I had them, I crossed over my DefTech subs at 80 Hz, and they blended fine. That said, I wouldn't necessarily have tried to match them with a "fast" speaker like a Magneplanar...

Happy shopping.

Don't worry it won't go near the Magnepans. The Maggie's are in the livingroom the sub will go in the movie room with Energy Veritas in-walls

[harri009]

Do any of you know where the CEA 2010 measurements for the Sunfire XTEQ 12 are?

[harri009]

Just ordered a JL E112