What subwoofers are suited 4 audiophiles

I laughed at one of the latter responses, that they are worthless if you have a good (large) set of speakers.

I am auditioning subs, and the latest one is an NHT SW3 with its amp. The guy might give it to me for cheap.

But with my Vandy 3's, the Sub was invisible, and did nothing to add to the sound, except when I turned the volume to max and increased the low pass to over 80. At that point you could hear it, and all it really did was muddy up the sound of the Vandys.

I knew my Vandys were good speakers, but little did I know that they made this sub useless.

Hard to beat REL in price/quality ratio.

I like the Velodyne DD-series, but read Absolute Sound March issue: the new JL Audio Fathom fl 13 is a tour de force and a fair bargain at $3200. And fare thee well REL fans, no speakon connections to boot...

Vandersteen 2WQ what else is there that compeats?
Sealed enclosure multi small drivers quality high pass
5 year warrenty....
doesnt get any better......
Johnnyr

I'm building a DIY pair using ScanSpeak Revelator 23W4557T 9 inch drivers and Adire ADA-1200 plate amps. Need only 2.5 cu feet sealed enclosures for a 0.6 Q.

On paper s/b fine for music-only.

But, to quote the great philosopher Yogi Bera:

"In theory, there's no difference beween theory and practice. In practice, there is."

We'll see...