For me different sub will giv different effect.
But the must different is ported or sealed.

Anyhow just believe in ur ear and find a good placement..

Guys...what say u if i think...

Frontfiring good for music and downfiring good for movie.....

the sub good for music is the sealed one and not either front or down firing

what do you mean by sealed, do you have a picture to share...

maybe like paradigm i think....woofer inside box....

sealed ones are those that has no vent holes in the enclosure. the entire sub is sealed and there's no port.
requires more power to drive, and requires special drivers to be used.

for example velodyne spl1200u or the new incoming svs sb series. a lot more out there. u can google.

I prefer the downfiring... if ur floor is hard floor (marble or granite tiles) the reflection of the bass very nice.

My old house, one of the room is wooden floor and i put carpet on it. Then i place the downfiring woofer and blast some movies. The effect is nice where the whole floor is shaking when u're watching the movies...

Heheh...

I wonder how much would the new sb12-nsd go for.... if under 4k shipped.. im gonna grab it.

grab one for me too

aiyor... i cant compare to tauke arremie leh.. my stuff all cheap cheap only you shud go for pb13-ultra

The reason i thinking of sub is cos i listen to modern song not shiok... totally neutral and cant pull me in...

I still considering lah, hopefully can save up the budget, might have to give up PS3 first. FF13 T__T

This post has been edited by dlyz: Mar 17 2010, 11:36 AM

i dont use sub for music coz my music not boom boom pow type. a bit of tight controlled bass good enuf for me

very nice very nice when watch movie whole floor and sit is shaking...

yes man, before the subwoofer dominate it all, i'd prefer to turn it off and enjoy variety of music

me also but some times only , my floorstand can reach low freq at 20hz....

Ya, but unfortunately for me, my speaker dont have much so called sub bass. Highs, mid, mid bass all excellent. :0)

I did consult to a Dynaudio dealer from US at avsforum. He told me, dont upgrade amp first. Get a sub cos my main complain was listening to boom boom pow not shiok. But audiophile vocal (i listen a lot) is actually sound good.

When i used my friend's wharfedale 8.4, the bass was enuf for me... even Narnia - Prince Caspian track, wow, superb low bass. But on my speaker, tat bass information is just not there.... my bass rolloff at 40hz.

no way man. even sub suffer to get that low

today i go to audition velodyne SPL1200Q = SPL1200U at AL audio
SA played to me 2012, at the bigining i can't feel the powerful of this sub
bcoz he set all speaker to large...
second round i ask for small setting... so awesome...
accly i don't have enough time to feel the music bass ...robie william concert...ok la
SA told me this sub need at least 20m to warm up after....

SA told me velodyne is the best sub, 2nd is sunfire and 3rd JL....agree arr...

they are all good sub. depend on ur preference and what u mostly use for.

oh and depend on how deep ur pocket is

spl1200u - rm6.7k...i think expensive la can get more cheap i think...