Velodyne any good?

[Brian Cash]

hey does anyone have this brand sub or know anything about it i have came across a good price for a 8in but dont know much about the brand and have not heard it yet

[phastm3]

Yes, velodyne makes a great sub.

[dobyblue]

If you can afford the Digital Drive line, I'd highly recommend them.

DD-10, DD-12, DD-15 and DD-18.

[un4gvn94538]

i have one and love it

[Brian Cash]

http://www.abt.com/product/26406.html

buddy of mine is selling this sub for 500. its brand new pretty much so i know its a good price deal im just curious if the sub is good

[un4gvn94538]

cant remeber exactly right now but i think that got good reviews in a recent mag

[Beta Man]

1000 watts RMS or not..... I just don't know if I'd go with an 8" driver for HT use..... that looks to be one great sub for music, but physics is physics, and 8" is pretty small for HT. You need a larger driver to move larger quantities of air.


They make good subs though.

[Brian Cash]

thats why i was hesitating cause it is only 8 inches i have a klipsch hometheater sub box with three 12inch and that sounds amazing but this was just gonna go in my bedroom or the living room just never really heard anything about the brand

[dobyblue]

For $599 you could get an AV123 MFW-15 which will run absolute circles around that Minivee.

http://av123.com/index.php?page=shop...hk=1&Itemid=37

$500 for that seems like a lot of money for 28Hz.

[Joseph]

I have has a Velodyne Sub (12 inch speaker w/ 10 radiator) for eight years and I must say it is excellent. When I purchased it the saleman told me that I would never have to buy another sub for the rest of my life. So far he has been right! It performs flawlessly.

[Beta Man]

My local shop tried to sell me this

http://www.amazon.com/MartinLogan-DY...6559451&sr=8-6


but I ended up talking them into selling me the Def Tech 14" reference series (I'm my wallet's own worst enemy) and I love it, but when I auditioned this, it performs like a 12" easily, in lows/distortion, and is very tight......

[wem003]

Originally Posted by Beta Man

1000 watts RMS or not..... I just don't know if I'd go with an 8" driver for HT use..... that looks to be one great sub for music, but physics is physics, and 8" is pretty small for HT. You need a larger driver to move larger quantities of air.

I agree on this, but room acoustics and placement seem to be a bigger factor for any sub in this price range. Most of them perform well, B&W ASW 608, Martin Logan Dynamo, etc... But for me, room placement and room size meant the most.

That said you have to try it in your own space and calibrate it with an SPL meter, place it to avoid nulls and get lots of other stuff right before you can really tell.

[dobyblue]

Originally Posted by Beta Man

My local shop tried to sell me this

http://www.amazon.com/MartinLogan-DY...6559451&sr=8-6


but I ended up talking them into selling me the Def Tech 14" reference series (I'm my wallet's own worst enemy) and I love it, but when I auditioned this, it performs like a 12" easily, in lows/distortion, and is very tight......

For Martin Logan I would step up to the Depth or the Descent.
The Dynamo doesn't perform as well as other subs in its price range.


They're definitely not a subwoofer company outside their two Balance-Force Servo controlled subs.

[rragland]

Originally Posted by Joseph

I have has a Velodyne Sub (12 inch speaker w/ 10 radiator) for eight years and I must say it is excellent. When I purchased it the saleman told me that I would never have to buy another sub for the rest of my life. So far he has been right! It performs flawlessly.

This sounds like the VA-1012X which I have proudly owned for about the same time period. It continues to exceed my expectations.

[kingofgrills]

Velodyne makes awesome subs. They are well respected in the audio community, and their subs tend to have deep bass that is very responsive and musical.

Whenever people are looking for a sub, I always recommended they check out M&K and Velodyne. M&K has been absent from the US market for the past year or so due to restructuring, but they've remained in Europe. Supposedly they will be reintroducing themselves back to the US market later this year.

[SoCalTiger]

The craigsub rankings only has the Velodyne DD-18 listed but may be useful in providing you more subs to consider based on your price range. Per the rankings here the Velodyne DD-18 line is over priced ($5000) for its score range.

This is from here: http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showt...36#post9164136

Elemental Designs A7-900 ($2200 ID/SI): 116 points (63-53)
Epik Conquest ($1599 ID): 112 points (60-52)
SVS PB13-Ultra ($1499 ID): 109 points (57-52)
Epik Castle ($999 ID): 109 points (59-50)
AV123 MFW-15 Duals: 109 points (56-53) (note, duals were tested as duals are offered as a package)
Creative Sounds Dual SDX-15 driver + Behringer EP-2500 Amp + Behringer DEQ2496 ($1630 ID): 105 points (57-48)
JL Audio Fathom 113 ($3500 BM): 103 points (53-50)
AV123 MFW-15 ($599 ID): 103 points (53-50)
Def Tech Trinity ($3000 BM): 102 points (54-48)
Velodyne DD-18 ($5000 BM): 100 points (50-50)
ACI Maestro ($2400 ID): 97 points (47-50)
eD A5-350 ($715 ID/SI): 96 points (50-46)
JL Audio Fathom 112 ($2600 BM): 95 points (45-50)
Hsu VTF-3 HO + Turbo ($999 ID): 94 points (47-47)
Hsu VTF-3 HO w/o Turbo ($899 ID): 92 points (45-47)
Hsu VTF-3 Mark III + Turbo ($799 ID): 92 points (45-47)
Epik Valor ($549 ID): 91 points (44-47)
Hsu VTF-3 Mark III w/o Turbo ($699 ID): 91 points (45-46)
SVS PB12-Ultra: 90 points (47-43)
Axiom EP-500 ($1230 ID/SI): 90 points (43-47)
Hsu VTF-2 Mark III + Turbo ($599 ID): 88 points (42-46)
SVS PB12-Plus/2 ($1299 ID): 87 points (47-40)
SVS PB12-NSD ($599 ID): 86 points (43-43)
Hsu VTF-2 Mark III w/o Turbo ($499 ID): 86 points (40-46)
Rocket UFW-12 ($999 ID): 85 points (provisional) (35-50)
Elemental Designs A2-300 ($350 ID/SI): 83 points (44-39)
SVS PB10-NSD ($429 ID): 83 points (43-40)
Dana Audio 600 ($869 ID): 83 points (36-47)
Rocket X-Sub ($199 ID): 78 points (34-44)
BIC H-100 ($229 eBay): 78 points (40-38)
Rocket Tyke: 60 points (If you care, PM me ... )

[Brian Cash]

thanks thats very helpful