I currently have a nht 12 inch sub in my living room which is an open floor plan into my dinning room and kitchen... I had my sub bottom out on a movie recently and it was quite annoying when ur watching a movie with friends and u have to turn down the sub cause it can't handle the track... It also seems that it is not powerful enough for this large room...

nht sounds nice and i got a good deal but i'm thinking of upgrading to the HSU VTF-3 HO to get a real sub especially for home theater which is what i watch most of the time....

how much of an upgrade is it over the nht 12 both home theater wise and musically... after reading a recent post about how good this sub is it got me excited especially when i saw how reasonable priced it was...

i have learned alot about REW so i'm ready to eq this sub if i get it...

The VTF-3 HO w/turbo will kick the bejesus out of any NHT model down low (below 30 Hz). It's not even close.

If your NHT sub is ported, the VTF will probably be better on music as well. If you have a sealed NHT sub, it would come down to personal taste.

yea the nht 12 has a port above the subwoofer and i watch mostly movies... so i was looking for something that was better then the nht12 and would be ok in my large open floor plan...

would the bottoming out be from the sub not going low enough or because of the open floor plan???

also would going 1 HO turbo be better then say adding another 12inch nht?

and if i went with the 1 HO turbo could i almost use the NHT12 and like a mbm12?

anyone else?

Bottoming out means the sub is just being pushed to hard for the room it is in. The larger the room is, the harder a sub has to work.

I don't think the NHT would work very well as a MBM either because it will still try to play low bass frequencies and will still bottom out. The MBM only plays frequencies above 50hz.

Just go with the VTF-3 HO/turbo and later on you can add the MBM. There would be no comparison between a system like that and your old NHT.

A single VTF-3 HO/turbo will go significantly lower than the Sub 12.....and is probably equal to two or three Sub 12s below 35 Hz. Subs with deep extension and high output are NOT NHT's specialty, that's for sure.

...I don't think the NHT would work very well as a MBM either because it will still try to play low bass frequencies and will still bottom out. The MBM only plays frequencies above 50hz...
The NHT could function as an improvised MBM by inserting a subsonic filter, which can be found for <$50 with a little searching. Certainly not as good as a real MBM-12, but not $500 either.

coo thanks for all the help... i really appreciate it and i am glad i have found sites with such smart people...