[jeremysnow1234]

Hi, having read this forum for some time and gathered a whole load of useful information from it, I now need some advice on which subs to consider buying as my current Rel Q100E just isn’t cutting it now.

At the moment I have a simple system used mainly for music consisting of a Cyrus DAC/PRE with 2x Monobloc amps and a pair of PMC OB1’s and finally the ageing REL Q100E. Music will be the primary use in the future.

The listening room is 5.4m wide x 6.5m long x 2.3m high giving 80 cubic metres (or 2848 cubic ft in old money), It has a suspended oak floor which is why I have the OB1’s on top of 4” thick granite blocks (god they weigh a lot but they work!), the Q100E is just on the floor in the corner at the moment though.

Overall the sound is great until I get to the sub-base, the problem is the Q100E just wont keep up with the already quite weighty and tight bass of the transmission line based OB1’s, The sub base from the Q100E is not tight or indeed loud enough, my feeling is its just not big enough for the job in this room.

Moving on to which subs I’ve been looking at, well there are the usual suspects, Monolith (or Monolith DF, what’s the difference), Velodyne DD15, or an SVS model. I have plenty of floor space in the far corner of my room (at least 70x70cm) but cannot consider a cylinder model as this would pop over the top of the sofa (wife unacceptable) I’d quite like to use balanced XLR inputs as my DAC/XP pre support it.

I think I would consider a second hand model but the Monolith seems to be already a bit of a bargain when new but I’m concerned it will run out steam in this room size. I guess a budget up to about £1000 if pushed

Can the great and the good out there offer some advice with my dilemma?