Just purchased a new 5 speaker setup. Need 12" or 15" sub suggestions for <$400

[mj79]

Originally Posted by Big Daddy

You have three options:

1. Buy a Titanic driver, a Dayton amplifier, and build your own box.
2. Buy two AA HD-SUB12. I prefer the 12". In the long run, you will be happier with 12" and it only costs a little more than 10". On their Ebay store, you can make an offer between $160 to $180 for each AA HD SUB12.
3. Buy one Elemental Designs Subwoofer. There is a delay of several weeks to get one.

All of the above choices are better than your current Polk subwoofer.

Also, remember that with one sub and proper placement in the room, you can at best get good bass performance for the main listening position. You may have a lot of cold and hot spots in the room. This is mainly because the low frequency sound waves interact with the room boundaries and create standing waves in the room.

With two subwoofers, you will be able to get more even and smoother bass across the room for all listening positions.

thanks again. I have a tough decision. Either make my own or buy a good fully loaded enclosure. Guess it just comes down to whatever the best driver is for sub 20 hz. I might pass on the eD for now maybe 2 titanic 12'S or 2 AA 12's. God I love this stuff lol