Which Sub?

[tahoemark]

This is for a home theater setup in a family room. Room is 2000 cu ft with one end open onto stairwell. For a variety of reasons am strongly considering using Mirage OMD-5's in a 7.1 setup (ceiling/ wall mounted). Receiver is Pioneer Elite VSX-33. Looking for sub under 500 that will work well with the OMD-5's

Considering
Emotiva Ultra 12
Outlaw LFM-1 Plus
Outlaw LFM-1 Compact
HSU STF-2

Leaning to the Ultra 12 as it is relatively compact so should have better (WAF)

Other subs to consider? Thoughts on the OMD-5's?

 

[j_garcia]

Any of those would be good choices. I'd add the Epik Legend to your list. It will have more output than any of those and is also $500. Not compact though...

Also the SVS PB-10 and PB-12 are excellent subs in the price range as well.

 

[tahoemark]

It looks like the svs-pb10 is discontinued and pb-12 won't be available for some time.

 

[j_garcia]

It looks like the svs-pb10 is discontinued and pb-12 won't be available for some time.

Svs was acquired by another company, so there are changes going on. The pb10 was discontinued a while back, but they were still selling them off. Sorry.

 

[7andabit]

What about one of theses
http://www.samash.com/p/JBL_LSR2310SP 10 Powered Studio Subwoofer_-49955439

 

[AVRat]

What about one of theses
http://www.samash.com/p/JBL_LSR2310SP 10 Powered Studio Subwoofer_-49955439

Not even in the same ballpark.

 

[sholling]

The Ultra 12 lacks substantial output below 30hz which would make me rule it out for home theater. You just missed the Outlaw sale which ended yesterday but I would probably go with a 12" Outlaw or Hsu and tune it low. But I like deep bass for movies.

 

[engtaz]

A couple of subs that are getting great reviews are:
CraigSUB(CS) 10.2 $400.00
http://www.chasehometheater.com/index.php?page=shop.product_details&flypage=flypage.tpl&product_id=76&category_id=29&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=112
CraigSUB(CS) 18.1 $650.00
http://www.chasehometheater.com/index.php?page=shop.product_details&flypage=flypage.tpl&product_id=70&category_id=29&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=109

 

[7andabit]

Not even in the same ballpark.

ok how about a Table Tuba then? A 30x30x16 inch horn for starters. It will blow a hole right thru the ball park
http://www.billfitzmaurice.com/TT.html

 

[LegitDrummer]

What about one of theses
http://www.samash.com/p/JBL_LSR2310SP 10 Powered Studio Subwoofer_-49955439

You need to go with the L8400p if you are looking at JBL.

 

[DenPureSound]

Subs and More Subs

Am also looking at either one or two subs for our Smaller HT room around 2,000 ft^3.

Am looking at the:

BICAmerica Acoustech Platinum Series PL-200 - MSRP = $629
(Probably can buy for $329 at SoundDistributors)

BICAmerica Acoustech H100 - MSRP = $499
(Probably can buy for $220 at Overstock.com)

EMOTIVA Ultra12 - at $429 at Emotiva.com

Driving it with a Denon AVR-3311CI, and five Infinity speakers in a 5.1 config.

Mostly watch HDTV and MOVIES in smaller room --

I could buy Two H100's for the price of one Emotiva Ultra 12 --

What would you guys recommend?

 

[lsiberian]

The Mirage may work for surrounds, but you don't want them doing front duty if you can avoid it. If tower speakers won't work take a look at in-wall options.

 

[DenPureSound]

BIC vs. Emotiva Subwoofers - 12"

Looks like the BIC H100 is Out of the loop for me since it only will produce 90db @ 30Hz. for sensitivity, but the BIC America Platinum PL200 and Emotiva Ultra 12 will yield around 110db or better!

The BIC Acoustech Platinum PL200 weighs in at 52#'s, and is 4961 in^3.
The EMO Ultra12 weighs in at 38#'s, and is 3206 in^3. Very Interesting.

The BIC Acoustech Platinum PL200 has a BASH Amplifier, that supports 1000 Watts of Dynamic Peak Output Power. Where the Ultra 12 only is 1/2 of that at 500W Peak.

Cost per Pwr RMS Watt is 1.316 $/W for the PL200
and is 1.43 $/W for the Ultra 12.

MSRP for the PL200 is $629 (can buy at $329), and the Ultra 12 = $499 (can buy at $429).

The Ultra 12 did get an excellent review on Audioholics for sure, but I would think the Ultra 12 should sale for right around $349-$379 to be more competitive with other Mfg's. subwoofer models. Sure would of liked Audioholics to have done a comparison of subs (12") that one can buy for less than $500 each.

So it seems to me -- from an Engr. perspective solely, since No Audition has been done yet.