WTF just happened!!!
Guy says he has $5000 for us to help him spend and he ends up with a bill of $2300!
That is crazy!
Just kidding around, PT. However, I would guess on average guys usually end up spending 20-50% more than their originally stated budget.
Well done! I have heard those towers and they fill a room nicely with good sound! They won't blast you out, but it doesn't sound like that is what you are after.
I once helped a guy who had an Onkyo sub (which it sounds like is what you essentially have). The Onkyo sub was a one note wonder - meaning that in order to get the most dramatic impact from the sub, they tuned the port to be way loud at its resonance frequency.
To the uninitiated, Onkyo can get away with that on HT: nobody cares what pitch a dinosaur stomp is; as long as it is powerful, they are happy.
This guy had bought an 18" sub from Reaction Audio (now defunct) on the recommendation of this forum and expected to be physically blown out of his seat when he fired it up! He was thoroughly disappointed and felt like the 10" Onkyo was a stronger sub than his new 18" sub!!!
I brought over some music and had him listen to some bass instruments and see how the 18" sub maintained balance so you could hear everything going on and the Onkyo dramatially over-emphasized a narrow frequency range, which muddied up the rest of the low instruments.
I don't expect you have the same perspective as this guy, but thought I'd relate the story so you might have some idea of what changes to expect from your new sub (which will have the same character as the 18" sub, just not dig so low). A good sub should not draw attention to itself, it should just seem like your speakers play very deep!
Please let us know how the new system works out for you!
