SUB - Confuse?


Hello Everyone,

I am planning to upgrade my HT sub (Velodyne SPL-10)because of my wife and daughter's increasing CD listening time lately. They enjoy the current sub but I felt like I can give them better integration than what I currently have.
On this rig, I have a Sony CD player doing the work. On my separate dedicated 2 channel system, I have a Jolida JD100 and a Teres 255 as the source. Although my 2 channel set up is very good, my wife and daughter does not want to touch it. They will never subscribe to waiting for the tube cd player and preamp to warm up before they can listen to their CD nor cleaning the cartridge and vinyl before they can set the needle down to listen to records.

With that said, I've been reading a lot of threads and reviews about subs. Here's my confusion about my researcch.

1.) REL very musical, integrates well, easy placement. But why is it that there are so many people selling their REL's (Strata and Storm is what I am considering)? For 5 weeks (I've been making a tally), I've seen 9 Stratas (currently 3 at the moment)and 8 Storms in Audiogon alone.

2.) SVS - more power, "rock" your vowels to the max" approach. Musical integration for 2 CH a question?

3.) ACI Titan - Looks to die for, bulky, some reviewers swear better than the two mentioned above in terms of musicality. Why only few(base on reviews I can find) bought them compared to the above mentioned subs?

4.) HSU VFT-3 - the dark horse in the bunch with respect to price and aesthetics. very good performance and value ratio from reports posted by their owners. Too good to be true?

For simplicity sake, assuming that I will move this to my 2 CH set up of:
ML Ascents, Odyssey Monos, Octal 6A Triplex and ARC LS-12 preamps, Jolida JD 100 cd player, Teres 255 TT, Wright Sound WPP100C preamp, Lundahl step up, OL Silver arm, Benz ACE lo, and Acoustic Zen Hologram and Empirical Audio wirings

Which one will you choose? Please explain your choice if you don't mind.

Thank you very much and pardon the inconvenience.

abe
amandarae

Showing 3 responses by amandarae

Thanks for all the contributors. I appreciate all the inputs!

Yes, I am upgrading the sub for my wife and my kids to enjoy their movies and music. I do not see anything wrong with that. You see, I have an HT/2ch room set up and a dedicated 2 channel room set up where my CD player and my Teres TT resides. I just want them to get at least a percentage of what I am hearing in my dedicated 2 ch system.
Not long ago, I upgraded the interconnects in the HT rig and to my amazement, my wife and my kids noticed the difference. As a result, my wife voluntarily increase her contributions to my audio fund. From this experience, I believe my rationalization is intact would you think?

Thanks again to all who respond!

abe
RITTERI,
Thanks and your suggestion will be highly considered!

PORDOI,
No, but she has a beautiful cousin! But already married to my twin brother who's a doctor. So, good luck if you still want to pursue this. Just kidding!( the "pursuing" part but the rest is true). Anyway, thanks for your response as well.

cheers.....
Jimbillh,

Sorry for neglecting to answer your inquiry. I apologize.

For my two channel, I do not use a sub at all. The Odyssey's are more than enough to pump the woofer of my Ascents to my liking. Thanks!

amandaraer