Sub to compliment my full Lsi system?

meinbeast

I am shopping for a sub, or two, to go with my LSi hometheater setup. I have limited space for placement up front as you can see in the pic.

Use will be 70% movies/20% games/10% music

I do have space to the left and right beside or behind the couch in the rear of the room. If I were to locate the sub to the rear of the room I would need it to be wireless as I have no more room to hide wires behind the baseboard.

Any recommendations that would work in my situation and pair well with the LSi's?

Thanks!

packetjones

What is your budget and room size?

slk55amg

I have a similiar system, using a Polk micropro 4000, outstanding and the piano black finish match the LSI 15, and LSIC.

Bernal

meinbeast wrote: »

I am shopping for a sub, or two, to go with my LSi hometheater setup. I have limited space for placement up front as you can see in the pic.

Use will be 70% movies/20% games/10% music

I do have space to the left and right beside or behind the couch in the rear of the room. If I were to locate the sub to the rear of the room I would need it to be wireless as I have no more room to hide wires behind the baseboard.

Any recommendations that would work in my situation and pair well with the LSi's?

Thanks!

VELODYNE OPTIMUN

http://www.velodyne.com/vproducts/docs/Optimum%20datasheet_web.pdf

meinbeast

Budget is around <1000

Room size is 12x16x9

leroyjr1

Dual Epik Legends would sound nice in your room and it fits your budget.

BlueFox

I have a Polk LSiW, now called the PSW1000, and it works great with my 4 LSi15s. I have it in the center in front of the TV. This works out great since it has speakers on either side versus one in the front.

Find a used PSW1000 and add it. A suggestion would be find a stand to allow the center channel to be higher, and near the bottom of the picture.

Slyder01

I realyy like the sound of the micro pro series as i have 2 now and want to get 2 more in the future. The bass is tight and quick

bdtae5656

Epik Legend is what I'd get

danz1906

slk55amg wrote: »

I have a similiar system, using a Polk micropro 4000, outstanding and the piano black finish match the LSI 15, and LSIC.

One more vote for the Micropro 4000!

codyc1ark

leroyjr1 wrote: »

Dual Epik Legends would sound nice in your room and it fits your budget.

Plus that. I'd also have to give a nod to trying out dual Outlaw subs, I love my single + and I'm always looking out for a second. I figure, per WAF factor, that we should have two matching end tables. :biggrin:

aboroth00

I would get the biggest sub you can for the budget. There is simply no replacement for displacement. For movies you don't care so much for tightness or quickness as you do for output and slam. Not that those factors aren't important, it's just the latter factors I mentioned are more important for your needs. For this reason, I would personally stay away from the smaller Polk or Velodyne subs.

You don't necessarily need to "match" a sub to your mains, any sub would pretty much do if placed correctly and you set the XO to blend in well. Of course with an EQ this is all accomplished much better. I tend to sway toward SVS for HT, or even EPIK, but Elemental designs has some great offerings which would beat SVS for bang for you buck. SVS has great subs, no doubt, I've owned three, but their new prices aren't as great as eD's for bang for your buck IMO.

http://www.edesignaudio.com/product_info.php?cPath=2_41&products_id=618

Epik's Empire is also in your price range, and people love it for movies due to the midbass slam, but it has less output down low, but due to your room size, it can probably reach down deeper and have plenty of output all around. However, after shipping it comes around at 1k. Two legends a little more.

meinbeast

All look like great options, however, they will not work for the front of the room due to the dimensions.

Are wireless adapters even worth looking at paired with, eD, epik, or velodyne offerings?

RuSsMaN

Polk has wireless options, and plenty of good wired options too. You're here, why look elsewhere? DSW Pro or Micropro and you're done, and messing your flat hat.

Cheers,
Russ

Conradicles

Velodyne has a new wireless sub.

I have a demo of a Polk DSWPro500Wi and it is a gem. If wireless is the best option, try a pair of those. They fit the budget. You may be surprised.

aboroth00

meinbeast wrote: »

All look like great options, however, they will not work for the front of the room due to the dimensions.

Are wireless adapters even worth looking at paired with, eD, epik, or velodyne offerings?

You can get a 3rd party wireless adapter anywhere to use in conjunction with any sub. I know Outlaw and Hsu offer them on their subs. I'm not too familiar with the topic so hopefully someone can help you out there. As far as I know, they work the same audibly as a wired connection. It's a little costly however. Which Velodyne were you specifically looking at?

RuSsMaN

Conradicles wrote: »

Velodyne has a new wireless sub.

I have a demo of a Polk DSWPro500Wi and it is a gem. If wireless is the best option, try a pair of those. They fit the budget. You may be surprised.

I hate what Facebook has done to me, I read this post and wanted to click 'Like' but alas, it isn't there.

aboroth00

RuSsMaN wrote: »

Polk has wireless options, and plenty of good wired options too. You're here, why look elsewhere? DSW Pro or Micropro and you're done, and messing your flat hat.

Cheers,
Russ

Polk subs will be alright for music, but for HT, you can certainly do better. The majority of Polk subs roll off SUBSTANTIALLY by 20hz. For movies, you'd want more output and extension which Polk subs can't do as well as others. Since your priorities are toward HT, the bigger the sub, the better. A bigger sub will be able to extend much lower than a small sub. Small subs are compromises, and you don't want that.

Hawkeye

meinbeast wrote: »

All look like great options, however, they will not work for the front of the room due to the dimensions.

Are wireless adapters even worth looking at paired with, eD, epik, or velodyne offerings?

You can add two big subs and they don't have to be on the front wall. You can place them on the side walls. Give this link a quick read and you'll find some choices other than all on the front wall.

http://forum.blu-ray.com/subwoofers/43669-guide-subwoofers-part-i-characteristics-placement-adjustments.html

Gordon