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musical subwoofer recommendation for 2-ch

Can someone recommend good subwoofers for 2-ch listening? I recently purchased a pair of very articulate speakers made by JAS audio. They have small woofers and so they are fast but do not have sufficient low bass.

I have a 15" Velodyne SPL-1500R. It is very powerful. But it is too slow to match up these speakers. So I'll save it for HT applications.

I am thinking to get two 10" subwoofers and connect them to the speakers. Is this a good idea? What are the good subwoofers I should consider?

Thanks in advance.
vett93

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itball
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What do you mean exactly by "slow"?
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itball
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I would be careful about your assumption that you have a "slow" sub - unless it's a piece of crap (and yours certainly is not) there is really no such thing. Check out this article:

http://www.soundstage.com/maxdb/maxdb061999.htm

I think you have a sub integration issue that likely has nothing to do with your fine sub. Your comment about drum rolls reinforces this - I can't think of a drum roll that your sub would even produce or that you would want it to produce given your speakers. I guess it's possible if you have it crossed over at it's max upper frequency but even then I'm not sure.

I think you either have speakers that don't do what you want them to do with your kind of music at your listening levels and/or you don't have the sub integrated properly - the combination of placement, volume and crossover is wrong. I would investigate these things carefully before shelling out more cash on a sub that someone on a forum claims is "really fast" and likely will not fix your problem.
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