New <$300 sub choices from Elemental Designs... - Page 32

I know it's actually the 500's review but with all the `word-of-mouth- ED needs to expand it's crew and get ready for a ton of orders!

http://www.hometheatersound.com/equi...igns_a5300.htm

I might have to go for the 500 myself!

Alex ,

any chance we'll se a freq. resp. chart for the 500 on the site soon??

I think it's depend on much bass you want to have in your setup. I would say A2-250=small, A2-300=medium-large, A3-250=medium-large (same as A2-250, but more amp juice), and any eD above that is best with large theater room I would say. I got the A2-300 in my ~2800 cubic feet living room with connected kitchens and laundry room and it fills it up quite nice. Also, it can handles that PULSE scene (down to 16 Hz) quite good. What i can say, i love that beast ! Now, you guys go order those beasts .

thanks skool, this is exactly the informative and comparative information I needed.

Ya, when the initial pricing on the A2-300 was out, I also bought a 5.1 setup which dropped another 15% off on my total. So price wise, my A2-300 was 200.00 haha.

I think those who are starting out with HT setup should definitely consider their custom HT build discount where you can save 15% on the whole 5.1 setup, which imo is an excellent deal considering everything listed include shipping.

I'm not Alex, he's somewhere in Wisconsin right now.

I didn't realize that one didn't make it up. I'll see that we can get one up as soon as we can catch up on everything else around the office.

sweet, not to bug ya but I'm sure everyone would love to see one on ALL of the HT subs.

not tryin' ta hassle ye!

We did them all...I remember how annoying it was, just didn't realize that not all of them made it to the site.

Yes....and I don't have your room or his room or their room or Jack's room or Jill's room. I wish I had a acoustically neutral room...That would be great.

Hmmm did I miss a sale or something? I don't see any subs for under $300. I was looking at the A2 - 250 as an alternative to the X-sub.

this thread is over a year old, the last post was almost 5 months ago...

The Elemental Designs subs are still a bargain IMHO. The A2-250 @ $300 shipped and A2-300 @ $350 shipped is hard to beat IMHO.

i am a sub noob. i basically just know i need one. what the heck are the main differences between the a2-300 and the a3-300? much thanks. later.

The A3 300 has a 350watt amp whereas the A2 300 has a 200watt amp.

I got the A2-300 and it shakes the house.

HAHA...not much has changed in a year

The A5-350 is the A2-300 of 2007 for us. Except we've got about 3x the orders for them as we did A2-300's and we won't be backordered until May this year

thanks. they appear to be different shapes/sizes too. is that correct?

so the question is which one do i get. the room is 2000 cubic feet with primary use being movies.

later.

I've been told that if you have the room then get the A2 because the 12" in it can go lower than the 10" in the A3.

yep, that is my understanding as well.

I would give them a call, but I suspect either model would suffice. Both have 12" drivers and have about the same size box (the A2 is slightly deeper, whereas the A3 is slightly taller). Your room is decent size, but not ridiculous.

Based on the tests done by Craigsub for home theater usage, I suspect you would be very happy with the A2-300. That is the model I selected (my room is slightly smaller than yours). I will let you know in about a week when it arrives

The A2-300 and the A3-300 both have 12" drivers. The A2-250 and the A3-250 both have 10" drivers. It comes down to whether or not you have the space to support a 12" driver (size of box) vs a 10" driver and whether or not you want the extra wattage from the amp.

Oops, my bad. I thought he was comparing the 2 at the same price point.

nice. that sounds like what i need. thanks for the tips everyone. later.

aham23, better order it by year end. prices go up on the 1st of jan.

i will. maybe today. my HT basement finishing project has not even started, but i have equipment rolling in left and right. buying stuff is fun . later.

How do you know for sure prices go up next year?
Thx

Because it says so on their blog...

http://blog.edesignaudio.com/?p=197

Drama

now it's $375!

The A2-300 is on sale now for $315. Since I have a Crown XLS-402 amp with one channel free (300 watts) I ordered a custom A2-300 without the amp. I also upgraded the sub from a K-series to an O-series and the total came out to $300 with shipping. They have also improved their finish. The new finish is supposed to be much "finer" than the previous, so hopefully it won't look so truckbed liner-esque. Placed the order May 12 and when I called today they claimed it should be very close to shipping. These past two weeks have been very trying!