Seaton Sound MFW-15 Turbo-SS

Hi all - sharing my wonderful experience with Seaton Sound's MFW-15 Turbo-SS...!

I have 3.0 setup from Chane (L/R A5rx-c and Center A2.4) with Seaton Sound MFW- 15 Turbo-SS all driven by a Denon AVR-X4000 in 12'x16'x8' sealed room. Use is mainly 75 movies/TV and 25% music.

After reading theJman's review at HTS, I gave the MFW-15 Turbo-SS a shot and was not disappointed! At approx 120 lbs, it a heavy but beautiful beast. This sub doesn't seem phased by anything and took everything I threw at it, literally shaking the walls in my carpeted basement. It also comes with EQ which seems to control the way the amp applies the boost to the signal. I keep it at middle as it suits my taste just fine and am quite confident that it can perform well in much larger rooms.

Highly recommended! One of Mark Seaton's best kept secrets.

Cheers,

YC

PS: I didn't talk too much about the Chanes which I don't believe need much introductions in this forum. They are an absolute delight. I read on Jon Lane's forum that some new models are coming soon, namely the Chane L7/L6 as well as an update to A5's with the 0.4 tweeter/wave guide and improved crossover.

theJman said:

Chane speakers and an MFW Turbo sub? Now that sounds like quite a system, and both products are very good values to boot. Nicely done.

I'm glad my review helped you find something that worked so well. It's always gratifying to know my evaluations have proven useful to someone.

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The Seaton sub is quite the beast indeed! I had a friend lug a PSA V1500 over after buying the Seaton. Both were very close in performance although the Seaton was much heavier. However, for the price, the Seaton is a better value IMO especially with the added EQ capability and the beautiful cabinet.

Not a knock on PSA because I think they make fantastic products....

YC

Sonnie said:

Nice setup YC... and I know you are loving those A5's.

I would try to pull them on out closer to you and try to keep them the same distance from the side wall. In your case probably about a foot off the wall, but with an acoustic panel on the wall beside them. Leave the sub where it's at, but the right speaker would be in front of it. I believe that it would really improve on your sound stage and imaging. Music would sound much better and you would be more immersed in the movies as well. I think it would be worth a try anyway. These speakers seem to do better when you are about 10-20% closer to the speakers than the distance between them. e.g.... 8ft between speakers and main listening position 6-7ft from each speaker. Check out the Cardas rectangular room speaker setup guide. It's a very good starting point if not dead on in many cases.

That Seaton sub is apparently a beast of a sub. I have never experienced a Seaton sub other than in his huge room at Axpona, which was pretty incredible to say the least.

Thanks for sharing.

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Thanks for the suggestions Sonnie. Unfortunately I'm limited by WAF for now for the setup. The picture is a bit old. The sub is now next to the sofa as that was the best spot after my sub crawl!