As someone who has been aspiring to a nicer home theater for the past year, I received a Yamaha RX-V671 Receiver as a Christmas gift. Previously I just had a random Sony HTiB with a bunch of small satellites. I'll probably by new front and center speakers sometime in the next year. However the sub that it had was passive so it can't connect to the new receiver. Rather than get an amp for it, I'm just going to buy a new sub immediately.
First, I don't have a good idea how much one should spend on a sub. I would probably say I'd like to spend somewhere between 1000-1500 on a whole new speaker system but I don't know how much of that should be a sub. Is $200-500 about right?
Now for my more specific requirement. I live in a very tight DC apartment (a 1 bed/1 bath for a whopping 525 sq ft). Simply due to the furniture layout, I really don't have space for anything larger than a 12" width (I can fit a bit more length), though 8-10" is ideal. My current sub is something like 7x18 and by the GF standards, it's ideal. I don't need anything super powerful as it's a small room and I do have neighbors, but good fidelity for music is important and I also do a lot of movies and video games. Lastly, I wonder if my compact requirement, doesn't mean I should just by a cheap small sub and upgrade to something better when the day comes that I have more space. Or are there nice quality subs that can be fit in a small space?
I've been trying to browse around the forums all weekend but the choices seem endless. I saw another thread on this but his budget was a lot bigger than mine.
Thanks.
First, I don't have a good idea how much one should spend on a sub. I would probably say I'd like to spend somewhere between 1000-1500 on a whole new speaker system but I don't know how much of that should be a sub. Is $200-500 about right?
Now for my more specific requirement. I live in a very tight DC apartment (a 1 bed/1 bath for a whopping 525 sq ft). Simply due to the furniture layout, I really don't have space for anything larger than a 12" width (I can fit a bit more length), though 8-10" is ideal. My current sub is something like 7x18 and by the GF standards, it's ideal. I don't need anything super powerful as it's a small room and I do have neighbors, but good fidelity for music is important and I also do a lot of movies and video games. Lastly, I wonder if my compact requirement, doesn't mean I should just by a cheap small sub and upgrade to something better when the day comes that I have more space. Or are there nice quality subs that can be fit in a small space?
I've been trying to browse around the forums all weekend but the choices seem endless. I saw another thread on this but his budget was a lot bigger than mine.
Thanks.
