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Best Big Sub? or duals?

I just moved and my HT is a 25 x 30' room in the basement with concreat floors. My current sub a vandersteen is to musical and just not big enought to have any effects, I also have a 15" velodyne that just about cuts it but doesn't really shake the room and the sweet pot is to narrow, probably because of lack of power my old house this did great in. I am using all vandersteen speakers so they are really fast I need a good fast sub or two that will shake the room. Any sugestions cost is not a big issue just want to do it right and don't want to spend more than I have to.
programmergeek

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programmergeek OP
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I am not concerned with music as much with HT. I am running vandersteen 5a with two 12" built in subs in the main speakers. They are increable and rock the room for music. I need more something for effects and i do listen to some dts music dvd's so it can't be all movies. But I want to feel explosions in movies.
programmergeek OP
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ok so I kind of narrowed it down to a

1 or 2) JL audio f113
JL audio Gotham g213
or 2 svs pb13 ultra's

I like the gothem the best but the price is high and I am worried about one sub having not to much of a sweet spot in the room.
programmergeek OP
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After much research and listening to them it was a toss up between the dd18's and the Fathom f113. I chose 2 fathom 113. It was just a smaller faster and a more powerful sub, the DD18 won in the software and set up I like tweekeing and the eq is awesone on it however the Fathom can be tuned almost as well just doesn't hwave the feedback the dd18 has and at the end oc the day the fathom was just a more impressive sub.
programmergeek OP
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feedback I ment the interface that velodyne has created for the dd18, it is nice. F113 doesn't really have anything visual but at the end of the day that is not needed. Comes down to what sound the best and fits your system.

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