My OCD with the Auralex SubDude(HD)

lol, a trick question?

As much as you want to use your subdude you really are going about the sub thing backassward. Besides I think you could overlap it no?

diy

Just got an SVS PC-12 NSD cylinder sub yesterday and it's about 16.5 inches wide. I have it sitting on my Subdude HD and it overlaps about 3/4 inch on all sides. Check out SVS cylinder subs.

that wont work for him. He is looking for 15" by 15". If I were you I would go with the below Polk Audio Subwoofer. It is 15" wide by 15 1/2" deep

http://www.polkaudio.com/products/dswpro550wi
Edited by Scott Andersen - 1/4/13 at 1:49pm

Buy the sub you need based on your low frequency extension and output needs, and if you must put something under it cut up one of these to the exact size required, it will work just as well:
http://www.walmart.com/ip/Stansport-Pack-Lite-Camping-Pad/9856753?wmlspartner=je6NUbpObpQ&sourceid=12449803083994542705&t=1&affillinktype=10&veh=aff

Yes. Get the best sub you can afford and if it doesn't fit then use the subdude as an exercise step.

You have stock in that stuff?

If I wanted to make a killing at the expense of the uninformed buying overpriced doo-dads that don't live up to their hype I'd buy Auralex stock, or even better, Audioquest. But being comfortably well off, and having the desire to be able to sleep at night, I prefer to give to the uninformed the information they need to become informed.

Ask the advice of those who design and manufacture them. I do the former, many who do the latter post here in the various owner support threads. I neither use nor recommend isolation devices any more complicated than a simple piece of carpet under a sub, as I've measured no difference between using them, or feet or spikes either, versus a carpeted floor.

How about starting over? Do you have a sub now? If so, why do you want another? What is the size and general layout of your room. Do you listen to mostly music or theater? What is your budget?

I have a question for you if you don't mind Bill. When you are assigned to design a speaker does management come to you and say they want a speaker to meet certain specs and you have to do it for x amount of dollars? Do you get much freedom in the design? I would imagine there's much more to it than that.
Edited by XStanleyX - 1/6/13 at 8:24pm

Nice sub. I'm sure the more experienced will have lots to say. Is piano black gloss a requirement?
Edited by Bond 007 - 1/7/13 at 2:17am

In most cases these are the design goals of the manufacturer, in the order of importance:

1. Cost
2. Appearance and size
3. Performance

That should come as no surprise, as those are the same priorities most buyers have when shopping for a speaker.

Regarding the OPs previous question, I may have misunderstood. Is that in context with your original post? Or with respect to frequency response, output and room mode smoothing? If the latter, there's no simple answer, other than buy the highest quality sub you can afford, and get at least two. With a $900 budget, for instance, two $450 subs will be better than one $900 sub. But don't go too cheap either. IME the least expensive powered sub worth owning is in the $250 range at regular pricing, so with a $300 budget don't get two $150 subs, get one $300 sub now and add another when you can afford to, unless you find some on closeout at half price.

Slightly over budget; but I have and would recommend 2 - Outlaw Audio LFM-1 Pluses. If you wait for a sale like they just had in Dec. or buy B-Stock you can buy them for $499 each shipped to your house.
If you can only have one sub then something like the SVS PB12 NSD or HSU VTF-15H or Epik Empire.

What size is your room?

I own a SVS NSD 12/2 and found two subdudes side by side fit perfectly with about 1" extra for the subdudes all the way around.

That narrows it down quite a bit. I suggest you get the Aperion and call it a day. I have never heard of it but it seems like a quality sub and has more than enough output for that room.

Right now my room is a sealed basement living room 11' X 23' X 7.5'. We are having a new house built and the system will be in a first floor living room with a 4' opening from floor to ceiling (opens to rest of house) room is 15' X 20' X 8'

I would go for the Bravus, they have both been measured at data-bass.com and the Bravus measures much better.

If the subdude isn't big enough, get a gramma or a great gramma if you need an even bigger size. The grammas are the same thing as the subdude except that they use carpet on the wood platform as opposed to the nicer material of the subdude.

Or one of these and cut it to size, it will work just as well.
http://www.amazon.com/Genuine-Joe-Anti-Fatigue-Beveled-3-Feet/dp/B000EFK9KM/ref=sr_1_12?s=home-garden&ie=UTF8&qid=1358282258&sr=1-12&keywords=comfort+mats
What I'd really be concerned about from what I see in that picture is the lack of rugs on the tile floors and placing the sub near the hallway, which almost guarantees a poor result.

The LFM-1 Plus @ $549 does not include shipping. Shipping is currently $71.39, bringing the total to $620.39.