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- Path: sparky!uunet!gossip.pyramid.com!pyramid!daemon
- From: lstowell@pyrnova.mis.pyramid.com (Lon Stowell)
- Newsgroups: rec.audio
- Subject: Re: HSU Research Sub woofers
- Keywords: woofers
- Message-ID: <183377@pyramid.pyramid.com>
- Date: 2 Sep 92 19:23:48 GMT
- Sender: news@pyramid.pyramid.com
- Reply-To: lstowell@pyrnova.pyramid.com (Lon Stowell)
- Organization: Pyramid Technology Corp., Mountain View, CA
- Lines: 57
- Originator: daemon@sword.eng.pyramid.com
-
- In article <15397@ksr.com> kenyee@ksr.com (Ken Yee) writes:
- >
- > Could you two please keep the flaming down? This is getting close to name
- > calling.
-
- We're chatting privately by e-mail....and both are cutting down
- on caffeine.
-
- > Lon, is this a NO answer?
- I asked that question...but feel free to answer it...
-
- >
- > I'm thinking about getting a good sub for home theatre. I was thinking
- > about the Hsu SW10 because I think I can start off with just one to
- > see if it has enough bass; I could drive it with one side of the amp
- > I'm using for the center channel. What concerns me most about the Hsu
- > is that the literature says it overloads below 15Hz and to not play cannon
- > shots; special effects from movies may have frequencies this low.
-
- If you are a real bass freak and like loud levels, I would sede
- if you can audition the HSU's somewhere.
-
- They will bottom out (mechanically) quite easily with bass from
- a 90 wpc HK amp. If your tastes are chamber music, etc. and you
- like the limited range of the typical electrostatic, they would
- be satisfactory (they DO sound good....I just prefer "more
- power" and power handling capability...)
-
-
- > I haven't looked at traditional good subs (Muse and Velodyne, e.g.)
- > because clean 20Hz ones cost at least $1000, though powered. Are there
- > any that do this for less than $1000 (preferably much less)?
-
- Sadly not MUCH less. I don't think you would be very happy with
- the lower end M&K or Velodyne's. They only go down to about
- 30 Hz and only have about 50 watt amps. IMHO their midrange
- units with about 100 watts that go to 20-25 are about as low as
- you'd be able to go and be happy.
- In other words, you'd likely prefer the HSU in that price
- range...
-
- But the 200 watt units aren't much over a grand...and being a
- cheapskate I tend to watch for the sales that often happen after
- the Summer and Winter CES....or just bargain the dealer down
- until my wallet, my ears, and his profits reach a compromise.
-
- > Can we get a bit more constructive with this thread topic?
- >
- Not a bad idea....are there any OTHER good moderately priced subs
- out there? And it would be nice to exclude the "bass modules"
- masquerading as subwoofers...
-
- The bigger VMPS sub ain't bad....but again you need a good low
- impedance amp to drive it the larger VMPS can take enough
- power to crack plaster.
-
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