In deciding the sub

macdaman

I am planning to replace my sub-woofer, currently I have onkyo HTIB.
I found a deal which is present here CLick Here It is a BIC F12, the specs are as follows :

Specifications:

Design: Front-firing 12" 475-watt peak powered subwoofer
Frequency Response: 25Hz - 200Hz
Sensitivity: 90dB
Drivers: 12" Injection molded woofer with heavy duty surround
Magnetic Shielding: YES
Gold-Plated Terminals:YES
Recommended Power: Built-in Amplifier Power: 475 watts Dynamic Peak, 150 watts RMS continuous
Impedance: 8 ohms
Dimensions: 17"H x 14 3/4"W x 17 1/4"D


My HT is setup in the living room, it is 20 ft wide by 30 ft long and ceiling is around 11 ft high. My listening preferences are 40% Music 60% movies.

Is this a good sub for my requirement ? Should I buy this or look for a used velodyne or a polk sub ?

What should I look for a sub for my requirement.

My budget is pretty low for the sub.

Thanks in advance

wutadumsn23

Hey Mac, not familiar with that sub, but I have heard good things about BIC subs in general. You can look into a used Velodyne, or Epik, or SVS and even Polk. If you choose Polks though and you do mostly music, I would look into the DSW line, they are a very musical sub. Good luck.

-Jeff

domflane

By the numbers, that seems like a lot of sub for the money. Plus it has a BASH amp . . . I say go for it, if you're not satisfied, you can always sell it for nearly what you paid. Good luck . . .

Dominic

macdaman

Thanks for the quick replies.

hearingdoc

partsexpress.com, i'm sportin 2 of them and love them. I'm even putting a heavier duty driver with double stitched surrounds and tweakin the rear ports on each for further enhancement. Movies come alive and the linearity is awesome with music too. I have to have full spectrum and dynamic sound and I'm very demanding on how I want my subs to perform. I have dampened them more and they seem to like that. I measured both port diameters on each and thats how far I have them sitting out from the wall (rear firing dual ports on each enclosure).

My requirements include the 3 D's

1. Definition
2. Dynamics
3. Deep

over50

I`m looking to replace my 505. Spent hours searching the polk forum and internet. i keep coming back to the Epik Legend.

Theheadsn

haha glad the suggestion has stuck, I so wanna get the legend, hell 2 if I could

great sub

over50

I found a good deal on a used DSW micropro2000 and decided to go for it.
very happy with this sub, much better then my 505 ,clearn,deep bass. the
505 soumtimes sounded muddy.this sub is much better, clearer. for
$25o. it was a good criags list deal.

Theheadsn

congrats hope this one works out better for you