Sealed sub recommendations?

[smlee5]

Will primarily be used with music and would like to have a sealed sub. Anyone have suggestions around or under the $500 range?

 

[Exit]

Velodyne makes good lineup of sealed subs although I don't know if they have one in your price range.

 

[bandphan]

Will primarily be used with music and would like to have a sealed sub. Anyone have suggestions around or under the $500 range?

is there a reason for the sealed choice? I like sealed subs but in that price range there are spl limitations, just curious.

 

[smlee5]

I'm looking for sealed type because my room is pretty small so I'm not too concerned about SPL, and I just want accurate tight sounding bass almost solely for listening to music. Are sealed types that much more expensive than ported? I guess I could be willing to spend a bit more, but I'm a college student so less is always better

 

[Davidt1]

Quality sealed subs will most likely cost more than $500. I have a Martin Logan Dynamo, the cheapest ML sub. Retail price is about $700. If you have some wood working skills and tools, your best bet is a DIY Rythmic servo sub. It will best commercial sealed subs costing more.

 

[smlee5]

The Dynamo looks pretty interesting...how do you like it?

 

[Sheep]

Your reasoning for wanting a sealed subwoofer is the same for wanting a ported.

Unless you're under extreme space restraints, get a ported subwoofer.

SheepStar

 

[Davidt1]

I like very much. $350, what I paid for it, was a fair price. I wouldn't recommend it at $700 though.

 

[smlee5]

did you get that on sale?

 

[Davidt1]

Yes, it was black Friday sale.

 

[annunaki]

I would recommend the Dayton Audio High Fidelity kit from Parts express. At only $500.00 it is a great value. With a near field F3 of 25hz one will get pretty good low end response as well.

http://www.partsexpress.com/projectshowcase/indexn.cfm?project=Rs1200