Help with smaller sized sub in a huge room?



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Originally Posted by bubu1234 /forum/post/0


my wife will not let me have the SVS PB12-Plus/2. Is there any sub out there that will fill this room nicely. 12' ceilings 19' wide 35' long hardwood floors

paadigm cinema 330s fronts and center paradigm in ceilings for te rears. I need something that will fill the room with a lot of base in a smaller cabinet.

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Get a new wife.


Unfortunately, just about anything that has that level of ouput is either large or expensive or both.

It is always better to ask for forgiveness rather than permission.



Quote:
Originally Posted by bubu1234 /forum/post/0


my wife will not let me have the SVS PB12-Plus/2. Is there any sub out there that will fill this room nicely. 12' ceilings 19' wide 35' long hardwood floors

paadigm cinema 330s fronts and center paradigm in ceilings for te rears. I need something that will fill the room with a lot of base in a smaller cabinet.

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Hmm that's sound pretty big compare to my space, why not try some of those in wall subs.If it's a decor problem..Or I can't believe I am saying this, a DIYfer?

There are folks here that would be more than happy to guid you toward the right direction.


Or get a JL F112 or F110 once they are available .


Djoel

Sorry, at a tick under 8000 cubic feet, there are VERY few single subs that will even remotely come close to filling that space and giving you a "lot of bass in a small cabinet". Most folks have spaces half that size or less and don't realize what happens when you get up into that volume range or larger. Your output requirements just to meet reference level at the seat and give you any sort of headroom at all are vastly greater than in a 3Kft3 space. You need a sub capable of at least 120 db of output and this narrows the playing field quite drastically. The single subs that *will* fill that space are either:


A) Very large...ala Danley Labs DTS-20, or...

B) Bloody Expensive (Gotham).


You need horsepower...sheer unadulterated horsepower. I have a room just a bit larger and highly treated acoustically. I use a Danley DTS-20 (definitely low on the WAF, though it is surprisingly easy to hide). I am adding three additional midbass subs to get more impact, one for each screen channel. I am also going to add a second LFE sub. Either a second DTS-20 or I may try a Bag End Bassault (hint...4 of the Bassault subs fill Madison Square Garden so they are sheer utter excessive complete overkill ) I've tried a number of smaller single subs (yes, including the F-113) and they all hit the stops.


DIY is definitely a route to consider as you can build something in (IB up in an attic/adjacent room is a possibility). Barring that, multiple lesser expensive subs such as two the the Elemental Designs A5-300 (get them unfinished and veneer them), or two of the Hsu Labs VTF-3's will come close.