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The UPA-2 would be more than adequate with the A5 towers for all but the largest rooms. If you're running a full surround setup, I'm a big fan of the XPA-3 so you have balanced power output to the front 3 channels. Emotiva makes great kit.

Self-serving post. You MAY wanna check out the new ARX A5's that are coming out. They sound fantastic on music. http://forums.audioholics.com/forums/loudspeakers/76001-arx-a5-tower-prototypes.html I have the prototypes in my living room and they are supremely musical. Projected std price...

I find Bose's marketing strategy deceptive and the overall value of its products to be very poor. I am a cop and another enormous hobby of mine is the use of tactical firearms. When a firearm company claims to have expended a metric shitload of money toward improving some aspect of a gun or an...

I would recommend replacing the crossovers as well. I can tell you from my long history of destroying speakers via too much volume (going back into my early teens), you have not only blown drivers....your crossover network is in shambles as well. Most crossovers are not designed to handle the...

Being the current 100% satisfied owner of an eD A7s-450, I would still be very interested to see the results of a shootout like this. $1k is a sum that most non-dedicated audioholics won't/can't afford. I have several buddies that make WAY more than I do, but they'll never get the green-light to...

+1 The percentage of cost savings off of those store brands doesn't mean anything. You'll get much better sound for LESS money from SVS/HSU/eD/Rhythmik. I have heard the REL's you speak of...(every REL sub I've heard has been depressingly mediocre for the atmospheric prices they charge). An...

+1 I, too, have found this to be true. :)

All I can say is +1

I can't really answer your question because I have not heard the 10" or seen instrumented test numbers from it. The HSU STF-2 would be a very good solution for you if high output is not a factor for you. The Emotiva (and other small sealed subwoofers) have to fight a natural roll-off in...

As Sholling said, the Sub12 would be a very good solution. Elemental Designs offers subwoofer isolation pads for nearly all of their subwoofers. I don't really think that it will matter what type of sub you choose, as long as it's on an iso-pad. eD and SVS also offer some competitively...

SOLD and shipped. Thank you all for your interest.

In all seriousness, when you get tired of the Bose cubes and upgrade to some Mirage OMD-5 satellites, lemme know how amazing it sounds. :) I turned a friend from a current Bose Acoustimass setup to an eD A3-300/ Mirage OMD-5 setup and it was night-and-day between the two. Same price...HUGE...

Spf Amp and accessories are sold pending funds.

I am the first and only owner of this Behringer EP4000. It was used to drive a pair of 8ohm tower speakers in my living room at moderate volume levels (no parties). It has been babied. No pets. No smokers. I even use a 3M allergen AC filter in my home. I performed the famous 'quiet fan mod'...

Awesome article! I, too, am gonna have to re-read to absorb all the concepts presented. Great stuff! Can't wait for the next article. :D

Treat the source of the noise. I have an eD A7s-450 and had the same issues with some metal wall deco from BB&B. Some cheap adhesive rubber pads, cut into small pieces with an exacto knife, and applied to the back of the deco solved my problem. If you wanna go crazy overboard...buying some...

I just bought an eD A7s-450 sealed 18" and am very pleased with it. I find it is an often over-looked model and would like to see how it competes with the Epik Empire (it is cheaper when shipping is considered). It would certainly be within reach of a budget-minded enthusiast. Thanks for even...

I would have to differ. I calculate that the 12" drivers in the HSU subs would each displace roughly 1700-1800 cubic centimeters if they had about 18-20mm of maximum linear excursion (I do not know the excursion of the VTFsMk3's driver, but I give Dr. HSU the benefit with a healthy excursion...

For my situation, I moved into a living room where the HSU became undersized. It struggled to approach reference levels and bottomed-out often. It was time to retire it and, for the money, the A2-300 was the only sub that could fill the space without strain for under $400 (price at the time)...

I owned an A2-300 for about a year before I bought an eD A7s-450 (free shipping on that as well. The BIC sub is good....but it doesn't even begin to compare to the A2-300. Period. One of my good friends has a BIC and it's a really good sub...but it neither goes as low, plays as loud, or is as...