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Decent low budget sub

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EndersShadow

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I recently decided to go the Receiver + Passive speakers route. I have on order a Denon 1610 and a set of Infinity Primus 162's. I am planning on running everything via HDMI through the receiver and then onto my also newly ordered HP 2509m.

The room layout is going to be pretty small (see image below). I am slowly building this system piece by piece but looking to keep it on a pretty small budget. To start with everything audio wise will be coming through the computer as I have an internal blu-ray player and a TV Tuner in the computer. It will all be passed as 7.1 LPCM via either my 4870x2 via a DVI-HDMI adapter or 4550 using straight HDMI. At a later date I might upgrade to a 5550 so I can bitstream from the computer, but right now that's not needed.

I plan on only running 3.1 max and have already chosen to go with the Infinity PC350 center speaker.

I am in need of decently priced subs under 300ish. Keep in mind I do not need anything massive but I would like to be decently accurate. I own a Polk PSW125 and while its decent it doesn't do as well as I would like with low down music. DIY solutions are not really an option for me.

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Thanks in advance for the suggestions
 
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450 said:
Save up for the eD sub, its worth it! :D
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My only concern is that honestly I wont get enough use out of the sub to justify spending that much. Is there that big a difference in how low it goes compared to the others?
 
i would agree with the low tier ID companies like HSU, SVS, and eD
 
So here is a list of the possible subs:

Just outside my limit:
1. Elemental Designs A2 - 250: 325
2. BIC F12: 350

Inside my budget:
1. HSU STF-1: 254
2. BIC 1220: 162
3. Premier Acoustic PA-120: 230
4. Acoustech H-100: 250

Keeping in mind that 300 really is my limit which inside my budget would you suggest? I would rather have less wattage and a more accurate sub than more wattage with less accuracy.
 
EndersShadow said:
So here is a list of the possible subs:

Just outside my limit:
1. Elemental Designs A2 - 250: 325
2. BIC F12: 350

Inside my budget:
1. HSU STF-1: 254
2. BIC 1220: 162
3. Premier Acoustic PA-120: 230
4. Acoustech H-100: 250

Keeping in mind that 300 really is my limit which inside my budget would you suggest? I would rather have less wattage and a more accurate sub than more wattage with less accuracy.
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3. Premier Acoustic PA-120: 230

This is the replacement model for the H-100, its the same things pretty much without the gold colored woofer if I remember correctly. It also is the best in the price range you have listed.
 
If you are willing to go used, recertified, there are some good deals online/ebay/craigslist as well.
 
Not much to add except I like my Hsu STF-1 as well. Very nice clean bass (probably nowhere as deep as some of the others but I like it :) ).
 
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