I have been building an extreme entry level HT/music system and am down to the subwoofer. I started with an onkyo 606, have added a paradigm cc-150 center and managed to get a great deal on some paradigm mini monitor v.3's which I have already fallen in love with.
The final piece that I am looking at now, is a subwoofer. I have a 14 x 20 x 8 room, although only about the 14 x 14 is the listening area. I am going to use the system 50/50 ht and music, and I listen to everything musically, literally.
I did some research and had thought that I would purchase the HSU STF-2. It's right on the upper edge of my budget and I had read some phenomenol things about it. HOWEVER, I didn't realize that it was a downfiring sub. I live on the 17th floor of a high rise in Miami Beach and want to be somewhat neighbor conscious (there is a concrete slab between floors, but still, I can here my downstairs neighbor's definitive technology system when he sets it loose) Plus I have a 2.5 yo that sleeps in the other side of the condominium a couple of rooms away, and I am afraid that too much vibration will give him nightmares. Would I be better off with a front firing sub? If so, any recommendations?
I was really set on the HSU and have not found any other subs that have reviewed this well.
