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I've been planning for some time on two Dayton UM-18's, each in their own ~4ft3 sealed enclosure for my living room HT which is about 2300 cubic feet. Mostly movie use, sometimes music cranked up when I'm at the other end of the house.
I'm replacing a 7-8 year old SVS PB12-Plus/2. My goals are of course a little more SPL, but specifically better LFE's for movies. Looking to really get at that sub-20hz content that my aging SVS struggles with.
I was set on the UM-18's after doing a lot of reading. I like their specs, Dayton reputation in general, price point etc. I've only read good things about the UM-10/12/15 so figured the 18 would be a great choice. Due to multiple delays on their availability, most recently being pushed back from 4/30 to 5/22 I am now open to other options. You guys know how it is when you get the bug and want to build; I can't see myself holding out. If I knew for a fact that on 5/22 the UM-18's would be available I could probably hold out, but it wouldn't surprise me if there was another delay or two throw in pushing their release out another month or months and I'm not really willing to play the waiting game an indefinite amount of time.
All that said, all of you on this forum have gobs of experience in the DIY department over myself. Considering my situation and needs, ~2300 cubic foot living room with mostly movie use can anyone suggest any alternatives? I'm more or less set on two drivers placed in the front corners of the room (about 17' apart with the TV centered between them) to help smooth out the response of the room over a single sub like I currently have. I'll probably end up going with an iNuke amp as they seem to be a general great bang for the buck consensus amp on this forum. Budget isn't really a concern, but I was looking at keeping it in the $1000-$1200 range which is what I planned on with the UM-18's. By not really concern I mean that if adding a few hundred dollars would result in a clear performance gain, I'm all in. I have no problem throwing $100 more at each driver if it will mean something; I however don't want to throw $500 more at each driver if it means marginal increased performance.
Thank you for the direction and guidance everyone.
I'm replacing a 7-8 year old SVS PB12-Plus/2. My goals are of course a little more SPL, but specifically better LFE's for movies. Looking to really get at that sub-20hz content that my aging SVS struggles with.
I was set on the UM-18's after doing a lot of reading. I like their specs, Dayton reputation in general, price point etc. I've only read good things about the UM-10/12/15 so figured the 18 would be a great choice. Due to multiple delays on their availability, most recently being pushed back from 4/30 to 5/22 I am now open to other options. You guys know how it is when you get the bug and want to build; I can't see myself holding out. If I knew for a fact that on 5/22 the UM-18's would be available I could probably hold out, but it wouldn't surprise me if there was another delay or two throw in pushing their release out another month or months and I'm not really willing to play the waiting game an indefinite amount of time.
All that said, all of you on this forum have gobs of experience in the DIY department over myself. Considering my situation and needs, ~2300 cubic foot living room with mostly movie use can anyone suggest any alternatives? I'm more or less set on two drivers placed in the front corners of the room (about 17' apart with the TV centered between them) to help smooth out the response of the room over a single sub like I currently have. I'll probably end up going with an iNuke amp as they seem to be a general great bang for the buck consensus amp on this forum. Budget isn't really a concern, but I was looking at keeping it in the $1000-$1200 range which is what I planned on with the UM-18's. By not really concern I mean that if adding a few hundred dollars would result in a clear performance gain, I'm all in. I have no problem throwing $100 more at each driver if it will mean something; I however don't want to throw $500 more at each driver if it means marginal increased performance.
Thank you for the direction and guidance everyone.
smaller footprint. more money, but not too much.
