No offense taken (by me anyway)!
Just be honest - you want the subs you are interested in to be reviewed.
I want the same thing for myself (which would put the subs in the $800 to $1200 range).
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I would love to see some $100-$200 subs tested. For one thing it would be good to know what improvements spending $300-400 or $600-700 is buying.
If I want a setup in my small office, can I get good sound quality out of a $100-200 sub, knowing I will only listen at 70dB?
So we'll have to agree to disagree, but hopefully you see that while $100 might be an impulse buy for some, it is an important decision for others!
I am being honest. Sure, I'd like to see reviews of equipment I am personally interested in, but that was not the thrust of my argument.
Also, I am very aware of the value of money and how hard it can be to save up. When I started working I was paid $3.25/hr, for manual labor, and worked 100+ hour weeks just to keep a roof over my head. Stereos in any form were a luxury. Please, please do not misunderstand me and think I am taking some 1%er-like attitude. That was not my intent at all.
My argument, simply, is that Josh can't review every sub that comes along. Hence, his services are rationed. Every company/person makes decisions and choices on where to best use their resources. So, in a way, some things do come down to an either or.
For an overly simplified example, take this theoretical pool of subs: The aforementioned Monoprice, the Cap S2, the PSA XV-30, the HSU VTF-2 MK IV, and the Bic PL200. Now, the magazine would like to review all 5 subs over the course of 1 year, but it takes 3 months to review each sub. They have two reviewers, Reviewer 1 takes a full battery of tests, and is very thorough, and focuses on objective measurements, and Reviewer 2 takes some basic measurements but is more subjective in their approach.
While many people here would like Reviewer 1 to test all five subs, that can't be accomplished in this scenario. At 3 months each, the 5 subs exceed the one year time frame.
Which subwoofer should be reviewed by Reviewer 2?
Now, I know this is an overly simplified example, but it is done simply to clarify what I meant by my rationing comment.
In my opinion, the subwoofer that is least likely to be heavily scrutinized by the public should be sent to Reviewer 2. Basic measurements and subjective opinions are more likely to suffice for the Monoprice sub than say, for the JTR S2, or, again IMHO, any of the other, more costly, subs.
My opinion was not that affordable subs such as the Monoprice shouldn't be reviewed at all, just that sending them to Josh is not the best use of his testing talents, and any one of several reviewers could do the basic measurements that would answer most peoples questions on the Monoprice sub.
As for decent quality sound at 70 db, again, I feel basic measurements (less than the full battery of tests that subs go through when Josh reviews them) and some subjective opinion can cover this.
