Stereo Subwoofer Recommendations?

[bmwr75]

Any of you running stereo subs in your 2 channel system?  If yes and you had $2000 to spend on a new pair of subs, what would you buy?  Have been looking at Hsu ULS-15 MK2 and SVS SB-2000 subs.

[schwarcw]

Scott,

Ron is running two of these with his Harbeths:  https://www.amazon.com/S10EQ-Powered-Subwoofer-Andrew-AutoEQ/dp/B014GSEVFQ/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1491879628&sr=8-1&keywords=elac+s10eq+debut+series+400+watt+powered+subwoofer

For your room, I would recommend two of the 12" S12EQ: https://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B014GSEUJ8/ref=sr_1_21_olp?ie=UTF8&qid=1481251951&sr=8-21&keywords=elac+speaker&condition=new

I have one of those 12 subs and it sounds fantastic!

[Jim Pittsburgh]

I'm very happy with my HSU vtf-15h....  but have heard both the JL Audio and REL subs and they sound at least as good.

[bmwr75]

Carl,

Any idea what led Ron to change to the Elac subs from the ones the built himself?

Scott

[bmwr75]

Hey Carl,

I'm not too keen on only have access to the sub controls via Bluetooth.  That and the auto-eq is a neat feature.

Scott

Scott,

Ron is running two of these with his Harbeths:  https://www.amazon.com/S10EQ-Powered-Subwoofer-Andrew-AutoEQ/dp/B014GSEVFQ/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1491879628&sr=8-1&keywords=elac+s10eq+debut+series+400+watt+powered+subwoofer

For your room, I would recommend two of the 12" S12EQ: https://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B014GSEUJ8/ref=sr_1_21_olp?ie=UTF8&qid=1481251951&sr=8-21&keywords=elac+speaker&condition=new

I have one of those 12 subs and it sounds fantastic!

[OldiesButGoodies]

Hey Carl,

I'm not too keen on only have access to the sub controls via Bluetooth.  That and the auto-eq is a neat feature.

Scott

Scott,

Ron is running two of these with his Harbeths:  https://www.amazon.com/S10EQ-Powered-Subwoofer-Andrew-AutoEQ/dp/B014GSEVFQ/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1491879628&sr=8-1&keywords=elac+s10eq+debut+series+400+watt+powered+subwoofer

For your room, I would recommend two of the 12" S12EQ: https://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B014GSEUJ8/ref=sr_1_21_olp?ie=UTF8&qid=1481251951&sr=8-21&keywords=elac+speaker&condition=new

I have one of those 12 subs and it sounds fantastic!

Scott -

I am sure Carl will weigh in soon enough, but in the meantime: Carl dropped by the cave this weekend and I asked him about this.  According to Carl, the ELACs sound much better than Ron's original home-brew subs, I think that was what led Carl to buy two himself (and he has only installed one so far and is happy already with the results). 

[bmwr75]

That is amazing because Ron's home built subs had the best bass I've ever heard in a 2 channel system.

[schwarcw]

That is amazing because Ron's home built subs had the best bass I've ever heard in a 2 channel system.

Very true, however you should hear the Elacs.  I think Ron has another speaker project in the works which led him to need two more subs.

I understand the Bluetooth concerns as with two they are a pain.  With one, not too much trouble.  I suspect when they have a new version of these they will have manual controls in addition to the Bluetooth controls.

[bmwr75]

I ended up ordering a pair of SVS SB-2000 subs.  SVS's 45 day free in home trial makes it worth giving them a listen.

https://www.svsound.com/products/sb-2000

[OldiesButGoodies]

I ended up ordering a pair of SVS SB-2000 subs.  SVS's 45 day free in home trial makes it worth giving them a listen.

https://www.svsound.com/products/sb-2000

I have only heard good things about those SVS subs,  and the customer service is legendary (like Emotiva's).   Very populat in HT circles in particular.  Report back!

[StephenWVU]

I managed to get a pair of JL F112v2 subs for 3 grand at one point. If good at negotiating, you could probably find a pair of F110 or F112 V1 subs for 2 grand or just slightly over. I'd try to contact some dealers to see if they are trying to get rid of any earlier versions. A V1 can piggy back off of a V2 and get the same benefit as having 2 V2 subs. Good luck! I always found stereo subs much better than just 1.

[scorpio333]

I ended up ordering a pair of SVS SB-2000 subs.  SVS's 45 day free in home trial makes it worth giving them a listen.

https://www.svsound.com/products/sb-2000

A good friend of mine has a pair of SVS prime towers he uses in his 2 channel system. If the subs are anything like the towers, they're gonna be great. It's a smaller room and there's definitely no lack of lows.