Best subwoofer for system

ctpj

I am looking for a new (or used) subwoofer for my home theater. Here is my current setup:

Front: LS90's
Center: CS350-LS
Rear: Boston Acoustics CR6
Current Sub: PSW100
Pre-Amp: Outlaw 970
Front Amp: Carver TFM-25
Surround Amp: Outlaw 7125

My new den/theater room is a large open two story room. I do not feel that the current sub is up to the task. This is confirmed by the fact that when I tried calibrating the system with my db meter, I have to boost the sub all the way to even try to get to the level of the rest of the system.

I would like to get a sub (vintage is fine) that will better match the LS90's. Which one(s) should I look at? BTW, which sub was the top of the line when the LS90's were current? Would that be a good match?

Thanks for your input.

Thanks

Pepi28

Any sub will match any speaker as long as you calibrate it to the rest of the system. You have a lot of space to fill, so one sub might not be enough for you. Try giving us dimensions of what your room is like so we can better try and help you. If you are curious though I would go with SVS sub's or Velodyne.

treitz3

Also, what is your budget?

danz1906

Paradigm makes great Subs:cool:

TheOtherSide

For a budget, and if you can, you might want to go DIY. Add a nice amp from somewhere like PE and you could fill the whole room with lots of output. But it has lots of drawbacks if it is too much to handle or you mess up. For a complete solution, every Paradigm I've used has been flawless and blended well.

NotaSuv

My M&K mx90 worked great with my ls 90's music and ht....not alot on the used market but a good price when they are....this was the sub sold to the first owner of the LS system I have..it was recommended over the polk sub at the time....

TheMARPATNinja7

I recently bought a Cervin Vega CLS-12S. It was a shot in the dark since I had only read reviews but the thing kicks! I love it, for music it delivers clean and powerful bass that almost makes my buddies JL W3s in his car sound muddy. Movies now have a great low end compared to what it was like with my stock pioneer sub (which actually did some work). Not to mention the thing looks awesome too (it's quite large though, take that into account based on space.) If I could do it over a again I'd probably go with the 15" though. Just throwing this out there, good luck!

PS-If you have unlimited funds....JL Gothams...only $12,000 per sub!

goingganzo

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doug lang

Having the svs 2039+ I would say i am quite happy. And having your large size room two subs may work very nicely.

Inspector 24

Sorry for bringing up an old thread, but I can't PM yet.

To the OP, ctpj, did you ever get rid of that PSW100 sub? I'm in need of parts, or the whole sub.

If available let me know.

Thanks
Ryan

TNTsTunes

Inspector 24 wrote: »

Sorry for bringing up an old thread, but I can't PM yet.

To the OP, ctpj, did you ever get rid of that PSW100 sub? I'm in need of parts, or the whole sub.

If available let me know.

Thanks
Ryan

Saying you are sorry for not following the site rules before you break them doesn't make you the smartest card in the deck.

Instead of waking posts from the dead, make 25 worthwhile posts that help people or ask honest questions.

This isn't the for sale or wanted forum. You are the classic example of why the site set-up so you can't PM until you make 25 good contributions to the board and are a true Club Polk member.

Your post belongs in the wanted to buy forum and you need to wait so you can send him a PM when you aren't such a newbie.

Knucklehead

TNTsTunes wrote: »

Saying you are sorry for not following the site rules before you break them doesn't make you the smartest card in the deck.

Instead of waking posts from the dead, make 25 worthwhile posts that help people or ask honest questions.

This isn't the for sale or wanted forum. You are the classic example of why the site set-up so you can't PM until you make 25 good contributions to the board and are a true Club Polk member.

Your post belongs in the wanted to buy forum and you need to wait so you can send him a PM when you aren't such a newbie.

And you have the big 35 posts...:rolleyes:

sTiLlLeArNiNg

I see thread necromancy happen here on occaision, first time i seen someone complain about it Good luck sourcing some part's Inspector :cool: If you haven't already contact Polk customer service i'm pretty shure they can/will fix ya up

Inspector 24

Thanks for the warm welcome TNTsTunes... Glad to see the people with more than a handfull of posts are much more welcoming.

I realize bringing up old threads is worthy of a newb bashing. I'm not new to teh internetz. However, a visitor message isn't always sufficient to try contacting somebody when a PM isn't an option, and bringing up an old thread can sometimes refresh information that might be useful to somebody else.

Besides, It's not like I brought up all the threads from 2006 I found about the PSW100. :cool:

sTiLlLeArNiNg, perhaps you have experience in obtaining parts from 10+ year old products? If I can't find a used one it would be nice to get some from Polk, provided the price isn't ridiculous as new PSW110's can be had on Ebay for $125.

But with a freq response down to 22hz I'd like to keep this one alive.

sTiLlLeArNiNg

Inspector 24 wrote: »

sTiLlLeArNiNg, perhaps you have experience in obtaining parts from 10+ year old products? If I can't find a used one it would be nice to get some from Polk, provided the price isn't ridiculous as new PSW110's can be had on Ebay for $125.

But with a freq response down to 22hz I'd like to keep this one alive.

You're cool! No worries man :cool: I have no experience sourcing part's for what you need but i have had experience with Polk customer service and they are TOP NOTCH!

dorokusai

Inspector 24 wrote: »

Thanks for the warm welcome TNTsTunes... Glad to see the people with more than a handfull of posts are much more welcoming.

I realize bringing up old threads is worthy of a newb bashing. I'm not new to teh internetz. However, a visitor message isn't always sufficient to try contacting somebody when a PM isn't an option, and bringing up an old thread can sometimes refresh information that might be useful to somebody else.

Besides, It's not like I brought up all the threads from 2006 I found about the PSW100. :cool:

sTiLlLeArNiNg, perhaps you have experience in obtaining parts from 10+ year old products? If I can't find a used one it would be nice to get some from Polk, provided the price isn't ridiculous as new PSW110's can be had on Ebay for $125.

But with a freq response down to 22hz I'd like to keep this one alive.

I'll send a PM to the OP for you Inspector24.

Inspector 24

Thank you! Isn't there a Karma button I can press for you guys?

dorokusai

Yea, its called the ignore feature You might be better served by not letting us guide your wallet.

Inspector 24

Sub Fixed!!

I bought a new PSW110 (Best Buy, on sale, impulse buy) and dis-liked it so much compared to the PSW100 I pulled it apart, found and fixed a six or seven broken/suspect solder joints and it works better than ever!

Thanks for the input everybody!!

Bernal

http://www.polkaudio.com/forums/showthread.php?t=93489