Craig Chase
Gear Guru
As stated in the thread title, this is dedicated to testing and living with subwoofers which one can purchase for under $1000 USD, delivered to one's home.
The $1000 threshold has to be available at any time (sales don't count), and the pricing has to include shipping.
In each test, the subwoofer in question will be placed in the corner of our 4500 cubic foot theater room. The room is 25x24 with 8.5 foot high ceilings. It's a pretty difficult room to drive, and an excellent place to test out subwoofers in this price range.
Here is a picture of the room during a previous test of some speakers. The screen (since replaced with a 104 inch, 16:9 ratio screen) is a 120 inch diagonal screen. It's a big room.
We often see threads with massive, expensive commercial subs, or with DIY projects that, while more affordable, are not what the average theater buyer wants to do.
In this thread, we will explore how much fun one can expect to get for his $1000. Does it shake the room on difficult movie scenes? If it's ported, will I hear audible chuffing on difficult scenes? Does it sound good on music?
With each test, the subwoofer will be place in the back corner of the room, with Audyssey XT-32 run from a Marantz 7008 receiver. For mains, we have a variety of speakers from which to choose: Klipsch LaScalas / RC 64II and Axiom M50/VP180 are in the room now, and easily swapped out.
An in room response curve will be posted for each sub, as tested, after Audyssey is applied, along with extensive listening tests with a variety of material.
The $1000 threshold has to be available at any time (sales don't count), and the pricing has to include shipping.
In each test, the subwoofer in question will be placed in the corner of our 4500 cubic foot theater room. The room is 25x24 with 8.5 foot high ceilings. It's a pretty difficult room to drive, and an excellent place to test out subwoofers in this price range.
Here is a picture of the room during a previous test of some speakers. The screen (since replaced with a 104 inch, 16:9 ratio screen) is a 120 inch diagonal screen. It's a big room.
We often see threads with massive, expensive commercial subs, or with DIY projects that, while more affordable, are not what the average theater buyer wants to do.
In this thread, we will explore how much fun one can expect to get for his $1000. Does it shake the room on difficult movie scenes? If it's ported, will I hear audible chuffing on difficult scenes? Does it sound good on music?
With each test, the subwoofer will be place in the back corner of the room, with Audyssey XT-32 run from a Marantz 7008 receiver. For mains, we have a variety of speakers from which to choose: Klipsch LaScalas / RC 64II and Axiom M50/VP180 are in the room now, and easily swapped out.
An in room response curve will be posted for each sub, as tested, after Audyssey is applied, along with extensive listening tests with a variety of material.