What about the Behringer B2092A???

[Cristofori]

I own a pair of Behringer 2030P's (thank you Audioholic's!) and I'm more than pleased with them, but currently looking for a sub to match. So I thought, why not the Behringer B2092A sub? Although I hear a lot about how great their passive speakers are, I've heard nothing at all about the B2092A sub, neither good nor bad.

The only reason I'm considering is because the B2092A's slender size would fit in nicely with the way my audio system is set up should I choose to get a pair of them, plus at $229 each (the highest price I've seen) they are within my range.

I've never owned a sub before, so I will take your advise seriously before making any decisions, but keep in mind I have a more medium sized room and these would be mainly for music of the more mellower type.

 

[AJinFLA]

I own a pair of Behringer 2030P's (thank you Audioholic's!) and I'm more than pleased with them, but currently looking for a sub to match. So I thought, why not the Behringer B2092A sub? Although I hear a lot about how great their passive speakers are, I've heard nothing at all about the B2092A sub, neither good nor bad.

The only reason I'm considering is because the B2092A's slender size would fit in nicely with the way my audio system is set up should I choose to get a pair of them, plus at $229 each (the highest price I've seen) they are within my range.

I've never owned a sub before, so I will take your advise seriously before making any decisions, but keep in mind I have a more medium sized room and these would be mainly for music of the more mellower type.

The Good: It's a bandpass design. It will get very loud over it's bandwidth, with low levels of localizable distortion. It is slim/slender in width. Has some (fixed) LF room settings. <$200...shipped

The Bad (maybe): It's a bandpass design. It drops like a rock (electro-acoustically) below 30hz and above 80hz (fixed). Has only pro level voltage XLR inputs...will "work" with your HT Receiver rca sub out...just not at maximum (output) capability...but fixable with a line level converter. Not exactly petite at 23x24x13 and 73lbs.

Quite honestly, for (most) music, I'd probably opt for that little sealed Emotiva 10" linked in the other thread. At 107-110 db (1m) in room (a reasonable estimate), it should keep up with the B2030's, no problem (btw, a single B2030 would require 128 watts to reach those levels if the specified sensitivity isn't generous...and would be dynamically compressing quite a bit....not to mention...that's pretty loud, even sitting 3m away).

cheers,

AJ

 

[Cristofori]

The Good: It's a bandpass design. It will get very loud over it's bandwidth, with low levels of localizable distortion. It is slim/slender in width. Has some (fixed) LF room settings. <$200...shipped

The Bad (maybe): It's a bandpass design. It drops like a rock (electro-acoustically) below 30hz and above 80hz (fixed). Has only pro level voltage XLR inputs...will "work" with your HT Receiver rca sub out...just not at maximum (output) capability...but fixable with a line level converter. Not exactly petite at 23x24x13 and 73lbs.

Quite honestly, for (most) music, I'd probably opt for that little sealed Emotiva 10" linked in the other thread. At 107-110 db (1m) in room (a reasonable estimate), it should keep up with the B2030's, no problem (btw, a single B2030 would require 128 watts to reach those levels if the specified sensitivity isn't generous...and would be dynamically compressing quite a bit....not to mention...that's pretty loud, even sitting 3m away).

cheers,

AJ

OK, after doing some further reading on the B2092A, it looks like this behemoth is a lot bigger than I thought, weighing in at 72 lbs! I probably wouldn't want even one of these much less a pair, besides everything else you've mentioned.

So I'll scratch that idea... Thanks.