Best Home Theater sub or subs for a large room


I am building a dedicated large home theater. The dimensions are going to be 32 feet by 25 feet. There will be three levels of seating. The back of the room will have an 8 foot ceiling. The front will have an 11 foot ceiling.

How many subs?
Which ones are recommended?
Where would you place them?

I would like to spend less than $2500 for the sub or subs.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

The room is modeled after a theater at Bradfordwells.com. See:
http://www.bradfordwells.com/theater2.html

Cheers!
wshah

Showing 1 response by zapper

If you have the ability, the Infinite Baffle sub systems are the way to go. The is a forum called "Infinitely Baffled" that has tons of info, and I did it in my room, which is a couple feet narrower than yours. I used (4) 15" drivers in 2 manifolds in the floor, the bass is better that any sub I ever owned (Velo, Def Tech, Earthquake, etc.) for movies, and music. I use them all the time. The effect of the floor shaking is the best for movies. Anything else for a dedicated theater is not going to be as good, IMHO.
You will not believe it, and the total system, which included the 4 drivers, 2 pro amps, 1 xover, and the wood for the manifolds was around $1000.
Good Luck !!