Wanted To Buy - Subwoofer

I do love my Elac 310i s but am missing the excitement on music driven by a powerful bass line - blues etc - miss the excitement. Looking for a small but powerful, sub to put the blue back in blues and the bounce back in Bob Marley. I have a budget of £400.:MILD:

 

Subs can be pretty easy to DIY. Get a plate amp and a Peerless 12" XLS for example.

 

DIY subwoofers

I have built two, one in the distant past which was called the basset, a transmission line encloseure with 4 10" (I think) 16 ohm drive units - It was massive and I used it as a window seat. It was ultimately let down by the poor amplification ststem I used with it at the time. Sub number 2 was a bandpass design and I powered it with a home built 200watt mossfet power amp - cost a fortune but it was let down badly with cabinet resonances, I tried many different ways of bracing the cabinet but never really succeeded in removing the colouration - This one was left in Darwin, AUstralia - 4 houses ago - This time I want one that is accurate, dry, revealing, exciting and very small! - perhaps a sealed encloseure type

 

How about an REL Strata?

WELL within budget and the right side of the border too.

 

Would a silver REL Quake be any good (need to check with gaffer to see if my plans can come to fruition but if so then my Quake will be available)

 

Check out BK

http://www.bkelec.com/HiFi/Sub_Woofers.htm

I can recommend the XLS, its compact, powerful, and uses the peerless driver mentioned above. A good company to deal with and your cutting out the middle man so their subs represent excellent value for money. No I don't work for them, but I've had the XLS in my cinema surround system for a while and bk went well out of their way to help me sort out a ground loop problem.

 

Thanks for that Ill check the site out

 

It's not a sealed box but the Velodyne CHT10R is a very clean and musical sounding little sub and well within your budget.

 

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Linn-Sizmik10...9716087500QQcategoryZ3275QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

 

I seen Rory selling a q100 over on wigwam for £150 including delivery.

And I recall TB selling a storm III for about £400?