Enter to Win: Onix X-sub from AV123

[greenhill]

I want a good All-in-One Sub that can dance well with music and shake the house with Clean LFE for Movies....

 

[Cozmo]

Clean, deep bass with lots of headroom. WAF important too...

 

[surveyor]

AV123 sub contest entry remarks

Contest Question: What features are most important in a home theater subwoofer?
I listen for clear tight LFE, no muddiness.
I also value looks and down firing subs.
I consider accuracy to be most important.

Cheers,
Surveyor

 

[MarkSJohnson]

Extension....

My HT is in a small room, so most subs can deliver the needed SPLs... I'm looking for extension to reach well beyond the capabilities of my floorstanders!

 

[279BLUE]

Quality and Accuracy

Quality and Accuracy are the most important. I have heard big subs that were loud and not set up correctly and the sound is painful. But really we want it all. If a sub looks good & sounds good and shakes the house it would be hard to resist.

 

[Bigfishe]

the only answer

What features are most important in a home theater subwoofer?

Quality and accuracy of LFE playback!!

Let's hear it how you would in the theaters, how the director and sound personell wanted it to be reproduced. They all likely shoot for "lifelike"

 

[Eric Apple]

Accurate & clean base... Good looks and a smaller size are pluses too. But you can't vote two buttons at once.

 

[bersik]

For me, LFE quality outweighs all other points in the poll. Size and appearance aren't as important because physically, a sub isn't the "centerpiece" of a home theater. Output and extension come along with a sub that produces excellent sound quality. However, these two are secondary

 

[Nomo]

Accuracy for sure. If it's too big and ugly for the girlfriend, well, she'll adapt.

 

[gellor]

absolutely accuracy is the most important to me. I don't like a lot of loud bass, so what I get, I want to be spot-on.

 

[JonnyOzero3]

I picked "Quality and Accuracy of LFE Playback" because if the sub can't do this, I don't begin to consider it and therefore don't even get to evaluating the other options. That said, I think balance is the key. A good balance of all the above options, per price, is what is important.

 

[lbjazz]

To me the most important feature of a sub is its sound quality. I want a sub that goes low but does not create "one note bass" and can convey dynamics well. Tactile response is cool but I don't worry abou that one. Although I would buy an ugly sub if it sounded good enough, I would prefer the option of several different wood veneers for the fiinish.

 

[aspaceintime]

my 2 cents...

I want to hear & feel my wife's dishes rattle in the kitchen when we play movies/music or video games. Enough said!

 

[upyourkilt]

contest

I want to feel the fillings in my teeth vibrate, the diaphrams in my eardrums pulsate and the vocal cords from my wife's throat screem......turn that bass down, you'll wake up the kids!!!!

 

[Buckeyefan 1]

A solid sub should take over where the mains leave off. It should be able to correctly output LFE equivalent to the spl of the mains. The best do this without calling attention to themselves. It should also sound great at low levels, as well as high.

 

[wilkenboy]

A bit unfair the way this one is bucketed - I ended up choosing extension.

But putting down maximum extension is a bit misleading, though.

First priority:

A sub must be able to reproduce down to 20 Hz at reasonable SPL levels - reference is nice, but as a married guy with kids I don't do a lot of listening at those levels. Too many people don't know what they are missing in home theater with subs that only extend to 30 Hz. Or worse those HTIB subs that are no bigger than some bookshelves I've seen that extend only to 40 Hz.

Second priority:

Quality and accuracy - not sure what these mean, but the sub should not distort, rattle, or resonate at reasonable listening levels.

Max SPLs ranks pretty dang low for me. I don't listen at reference levels. I have a wife and kids at my opportunity to do so is very limited.

Aesthetics somes in last. Lets face it, most if all subs are not pretty in the common sense of the word. They are not furniture either - you shouldn't set stuff on em. I'd rather have a black sub that covers extends down to 20 Hz and below with minimal distortion, resonance, than a beautiful sub that my wife puts plants on and doesn't get the job done.

~Josh

 

[Slats]

Definatly acuracy. Just look at your typical rice boy. Any idiot can throw a 1000s of watts of power at a 15" cone and get boom. What we want is detail and that acuracy that kicks you in the chest.

 

[mawst95]

I picked quality of LFE because "quality" includes several important characteristics of a sub (two of which were also choices). Quality LFE should be able to:

1. Have low extension to 20Hz before tailing off
2. Have the ability to generate high output levels without distortion
3. Provide accurate bass/subbass reproduction. You don't want to the bass to be distracting or unnatural, but rather blend in with the music/movie.
4. Construction (internal) would be necessary to acheive the above criteria--no resonances, no leaks, longevity, quality of the driver, etc.

Thanks!

Matt

 

[scj99]

Quality and accuracy is the most important. However, kick you in the chest deep bass isn't bad either.

 

[Audiosouse]

Subterranean

Quality is a given, but the point of a sub is to reach down to that nether reagion even most quality subs can't go with any authority, 20 Hz baby!