How Much Do Your Subwoofer(s) Cost Relative to Speakers
For people who own subwoofers in the main system, I am interested to know the price ratio of the subwoofer to speakers in your system. Prices in MSRP.
Say if the subwoofer(s) cost $10,000 and speakers cost $10,000, the ratio would be 1 : 1.
If the subs cost $5,000 and speakers cost $10,000, the ratio would be 1 : 2.
If the subs cost $3,333 and speakers cost $10,000, the ratio would be 1 : 3.
Mine is at about 1 : 3.5
1:3 Subs for my cabin system were not an anticipated expense as those speakers are otherwise full range. But the large room is fighting me and it seems the only way to solve it. I haven’t taken delivery of them yet, but not having experience with subs or having expected to need them, they damn well better do the trick. |
Does this photo convey how you see a subwoofer located in your room?
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List price for Dynaudio Confidence 20s is $14K. List for a pair of REL T/5X subs is $1.6K. List = 1:8.75 I paid less than list for both the Confidence 20s and the T/5Xs. Actual = 1:10 The REL subs offer excellent value relative to the speaker cost for the significant bass boost and SQ enhancement. I consider the T/5Xs to be the best value audio purchase I made. |
I am using my old REL r305 in my second system. It was in my main system for 16 years. That is a 2:1 ratio given the subs original $1600 price. My main system has a pair of Forte IV. I needed a sub last year but my daughter was getting married so I needed to keep the budget tight. I don't always use a sub in that room. Mostly for movies. I ended up buying an Earthquake MiniMe dsp12 for $675 delivered. It turned out to be a really good sub for the money. Has DSP room EQ. So that's about 8:1. In a perfect world I would have a REL Carbon or something like that in there but maybe someday. |
