I currently have an old Bose Accoustimass 10 Series 2 subwoofer. It came with the house and is wired in to the Bose cube surrounds. It’s weird in that the speakers run both to the subwoofer and the receiver. If anything, there’s too much base.
An old Boss Acoustimass... oh boy. I'm actually glad you have that as a reference because you're in for a huge eye opener if you go with a PB2000 and PC2000 combo. Oh boy are you in for an eye opener! In a good way!
Will getting one or two high quality subs add more than just booming base? My guess is yes, but I’m not looking to break my windows here .
Absolutely! Your Bose sub seems like "too much bass" because it's awful, distorted, bloated, uneven bass. Noisy bass. Ugly bass. I tell this story all the time... when I got my first pair of good subs I didn't think they were working properly because even tho they were bigger than the old ones, they sounded quieter! After I adjusted to it I realized that they were quieter because all of the distortion I had gotten used to was gone. Everything was cleaner. Even my main speakers sounded cleaner. All of a sudden I had clean bass just supporting my system instead of taking it over.
Dirty bass has a way of permeating through the whole spectrum and you don't notice it until it's gone. You are a prime candidate for more powerful subs. It's not just about being loud or boomy. A sub with good power can play much more accurately across the frequency band with much less distortion. That Acoustimass is a bloated, dirty one note wonder. I'm not surprised at all with your impressions.
Next, if I were to just pull the trigger on the SVS Prime towers, center, satellites and subs, would that be badass? And would one PB-2000 and one cylindrical PC-2000 sound great or is it best to have both subs the exact same? Trying to please the wife here. The cube can get hidden In a back corner and the round will be more prominently displayed.
If you can swing it and want to go with SVS I'd suggest going with the Prime Pinnacle towers. They're worth the extra dough. Very nice speakers. And yes, the PC and PB2000 should play very nicely together. If you can sell her on that then it's a win!
And lastly, receivers. If I go with 2 subs I’ll need a 5.2. My Dennon AVR E300 5.1 wont cut it anymore. What do I need to power all this stuff? How is the Denon AVR S540BT 5.2 receiver? Would an additional amp help with it? What about the DENON PMA 600NE amp? I could get both of these essentially for free.
Since you're likely not co locating your subs I think a true .2 AVR with separate sub outs would be the way to go. For Denon that'd be the X3***H series and up. Marantz, SR6*** series and up, and I forget where you'd want to start with Yamaha, but they're good too.
Just so you folks don’t think I’m a thief on all this ”free” stuff, through my job I have one of those award merchandise programs and I’ve accumulated some points and there is quite a bit of A/V stuff in there.
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