Off the bat, I am no audio guru, but I had my heart set on a JL Audio Fathom 13 as posted in previous threads. I went to a local store here and listened to this sub and this is what I noticed.
Being an avid car audio enthusiast I have an entire JL Audio setup in my vehicle with a W7 13" Driver for a subwoofer. I'm 30-something, and have been into car audio since I was 16... Once I had this sub in my vehicle there was no turning back, its loud, it shakes, and in the meantime is sounds really really good.
Now that I have that audio system where I want it, it was time to get into the HT area of my life
... I purchased a CC-690 Center and Studio 100 Fronts so far for my speaker system and knowing what the W7 does in my vehicle I was pretty well set on purchasing the F113 from JL Audio.
ANYWAYS... I went to a local store here in town that has the F113 and demo'd it for quite some time with the people at the store... Movies, music (all types even to the sounds of Insane Clown Posse on some DTS CD they had...)
(This should start some arguments)
I was not impressed at all. I was actually at the stage of wondering how this thing is worth the $4000CAD they are telling me I could pick this up for. It just wasn't what I had expected, not even close.
After totally being disappointed with the way the F113 sounds I asked to hear something that would be comparable....
The store employee pointed me into the direction of the Definitive Technologies SuperCube Trinity... I have never heard of the brand or the sub ever... But once he popped in all the same CD's we listened to on the Fathom 13 I was in love. This is what I was looking for. This sub can be felt in the heart, it just pounds, its deep and it sounded pretty darn good to me. More like what I was looking for.
The price of the Trinity is $500-700 cheaper than the Fathom 13 which looks attractive. Its quite a bit less power, quite a bit taller, and has 3 - 14" drivers I believe.
Anyways... I know this is probably going to set some people off, but in my opinion, the Trinity blows away the Fathom 13, in music, and in movies. If you are into more of the newer music of today and like to feel your entire body shake at the drop of bombs in moves, then the trinity is the sub for you!
Just thought that I would post what I thought about the 2.
Being an avid car audio enthusiast I have an entire JL Audio setup in my vehicle with a W7 13" Driver for a subwoofer. I'm 30-something, and have been into car audio since I was 16... Once I had this sub in my vehicle there was no turning back, its loud, it shakes, and in the meantime is sounds really really good.
Now that I have that audio system where I want it, it was time to get into the HT area of my life

ANYWAYS... I went to a local store here in town that has the F113 and demo'd it for quite some time with the people at the store... Movies, music (all types even to the sounds of Insane Clown Posse on some DTS CD they had...)
(This should start some arguments)
I was not impressed at all. I was actually at the stage of wondering how this thing is worth the $4000CAD they are telling me I could pick this up for. It just wasn't what I had expected, not even close.
After totally being disappointed with the way the F113 sounds I asked to hear something that would be comparable....
The store employee pointed me into the direction of the Definitive Technologies SuperCube Trinity... I have never heard of the brand or the sub ever... But once he popped in all the same CD's we listened to on the Fathom 13 I was in love. This is what I was looking for. This sub can be felt in the heart, it just pounds, its deep and it sounded pretty darn good to me. More like what I was looking for.
The price of the Trinity is $500-700 cheaper than the Fathom 13 which looks attractive. Its quite a bit less power, quite a bit taller, and has 3 - 14" drivers I believe.
Anyways... I know this is probably going to set some people off, but in my opinion, the Trinity blows away the Fathom 13, in music, and in movies. If you are into more of the newer music of today and like to feel your entire body shake at the drop of bombs in moves, then the trinity is the sub for you!
Just thought that I would post what I thought about the 2.