Very close to making a decision on this, just need a light push in the right direction.
1. Your budget. $500, could stretch to $650 if appropriate.
2. Size requirements/limits. Looking for something on the fairly compact side, 12" square would be ideal, could go up to 15" square if necessary.
3. Room dimensions. Main Room is 18x20 with 12' ceiling. The right wall is 9' windows, and there is no left wall, extending out into dining area.
4. Primary uses. Pretty even really. Probably 40% Music, 35% TV/Film, 25% Gaming.
5. Listening habits. This is an apartment, so no crazy SPL needed or even desired. This is primarily to fill in the wholly absent low frequencies from 20ish-100Hz from the Magnepan MMGW fronts. It's pretty funny to play Rock Band drums on the MMGWs, all you hear on the bass drum hits is the smack on the rubber pad...
6. Appearance requirements. Would prefer something that's nicely finished; an plain-jane or downright ugly box will need to be hidden and will limit placement options.
7. Timeframe. Ready to pull the trigger now but can wait a reasonable amount of time to receive unit if it's the right one.
8. Search the forum. Four straight days of thread-reading in the can....
In short, looking for a good-looking, relatively compact sub that doesn't need to be cranked up to sound great.
My short list would probably look like this:
1. Aperion Bravus 8D. This pretty much hits all the marks. I've seen other suggestion threads veer away from this due to early frequency rolloff but again given the needs I think this may be a non-issue. That also seems somewhat unavoidable for compact subs. Opinions also seem mixed on the digital-interface EQ (vs. good ol' knobs) but it seems like quite a nice addition at the price point.
2. Martin Logan Dynamo(new)/Abyss(used).
3. Sunfire HRS-8 or -10 used
4. REL Q-150E used
5. SVS SB12-Plus (budget stretcher)
6. Epik Vanquish. Seems like a top performer but worried about the look of it.
Many thanks
1. Your budget. $500, could stretch to $650 if appropriate.
2. Size requirements/limits. Looking for something on the fairly compact side, 12" square would be ideal, could go up to 15" square if necessary.
3. Room dimensions. Main Room is 18x20 with 12' ceiling. The right wall is 9' windows, and there is no left wall, extending out into dining area.
4. Primary uses. Pretty even really. Probably 40% Music, 35% TV/Film, 25% Gaming.
5. Listening habits. This is an apartment, so no crazy SPL needed or even desired. This is primarily to fill in the wholly absent low frequencies from 20ish-100Hz from the Magnepan MMGW fronts. It's pretty funny to play Rock Band drums on the MMGWs, all you hear on the bass drum hits is the smack on the rubber pad...
6. Appearance requirements. Would prefer something that's nicely finished; an plain-jane or downright ugly box will need to be hidden and will limit placement options.
7. Timeframe. Ready to pull the trigger now but can wait a reasonable amount of time to receive unit if it's the right one.
8. Search the forum. Four straight days of thread-reading in the can....
In short, looking for a good-looking, relatively compact sub that doesn't need to be cranked up to sound great.
My short list would probably look like this:
1. Aperion Bravus 8D. This pretty much hits all the marks. I've seen other suggestion threads veer away from this due to early frequency rolloff but again given the needs I think this may be a non-issue. That also seems somewhat unavoidable for compact subs. Opinions also seem mixed on the digital-interface EQ (vs. good ol' knobs) but it seems like quite a nice addition at the price point.
2. Martin Logan Dynamo(new)/Abyss(used).
3. Sunfire HRS-8 or -10 used
4. REL Q-150E used
5. SVS SB12-Plus (budget stretcher)
6. Epik Vanquish. Seems like a top performer but worried about the look of it.
Many thanks
