Subwoofer advice

[JohnnyR104sme]

In my basement, which is 21' X 11' X 7'+ I have a 6.0 Home Theater Set up and Music Room.
For HT I have a Denon AVR X4000. Also have a Parasound P6 Pre-amp, ATI 2-CH 500 wpc
power amp, AudioLab CD Transport, Yamaha Blu-ray player and a Thorens TD-318 TT currently
with a Nagaoka MP-110 MM Cartridge.
Speakers are an older set of ALTA Audio Lelantos Tower speakers, 92 pounds each, 50 - 200 wpc,
they play down to 26 Hz and sensitivity is 91.5 db. Center, surrounds and single back speakers
are from Cambridge Soundworks. The room is treated with acoustic foam wedges, at early
listening spots, the four corners have floor to ceiling bass traps walls are spaced out with
other objects like small book cases so the echo the room used to have is gone.
Planning to get a Willsenson R8 all Tube power amp and also a quality subwoofer
like a REL to complete the set up. Any SW suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

 

[JStewart]

You have a collection of good kit there!
So far as brands and models are concerned, there are any number of good candidates. Having good placement and enough displacement for the room size and your volume requirements will be as or more important. Also, multiple subwoofers are almost always better than one for achieving a smoother response.
I think your opportunity may be getting more for your money with an internet direct manufacturer. SVS Sound, PSA (Power Sound Audio), HSU and Rythmik all make quality products and have reputations for excellent customer service. I’d suggest calling or emailing any or all of them for their recommendations.

 

[JohnnyR104sme]

Thanks for your reply JStewart.

 

[Sonnie Parker]

Yep... my first thought is SVS, and buy at least two and place them in the opposite front/back corners... four if you can afford it, for each corner. Then let your auto-eq do the smoothing, although if you do four, you may have to run the two front on one output and the two rear on the other.

The good thing with SVS is their return policy... very liberal and easy, plus they have serious subs that will very easily work in that room. You could always start with two, then add two more if two doesn't smooth out the response well enough for you.

Then there is JTR... incredible subs that I'd put up against anything out there, but will cost a little more, and while there is a 30-day return window, you pay return shipping... yet, I can't imagine anyone returning them.