saxlylong
Standard Member
Hi! New user and first post.
I have been looking at a new subwoofer(s) for a little while now and this time of year seems ripe to jump on it. I was intrigued by @Dobbyisfree 's experience with the dual Monolith 10's.
My room is 20.5ft x 11.5ft, with a 7ft drop ceiling (1670 f^3). The one side has two hallways to other parts of the basement (one has a door, the other not), which may present a problem of pressurizing the space.
I currently have a Yamaha HTR-4065 receiver with an old Martin Logan MLT-2 system and the sub recently died on me. I have been pretty happy with it, but likely because of my ignorance of high-end audio. The goal is to get the bass finalized and upgrade the other components a bit later on. I have a 120" projector screen with dual loveseats w/ center consoles. The width of the seating seems to point to dual subs being the solution, except my budget of $1000ish does not lend to dual subs, except for something like the currently on-sale Monolith 10's. Would the dual 10's be plenty for the space? Or does the Monolith 12 (or other 12in equivalent) provide performance that even dual 10's can't produce (i.e. chest thumping as was said earlier)? I have also toyed around with the idea of going with a single 15, either HSU or the Monolith 15, but those may be absolute overkill for my space. I usually listen pretty loud, but don't have any raw data numbers to provide. The receiver is many times at 0db and I had calibrated the system with the on-board YPAO mic setup. Please let me know your thoughts.
I have been looking at a new subwoofer(s) for a little while now and this time of year seems ripe to jump on it. I was intrigued by @Dobbyisfree 's experience with the dual Monolith 10's.
My room is 20.5ft x 11.5ft, with a 7ft drop ceiling (1670 f^3). The one side has two hallways to other parts of the basement (one has a door, the other not), which may present a problem of pressurizing the space.
I currently have a Yamaha HTR-4065 receiver with an old Martin Logan MLT-2 system and the sub recently died on me. I have been pretty happy with it, but likely because of my ignorance of high-end audio. The goal is to get the bass finalized and upgrade the other components a bit later on. I have a 120" projector screen with dual loveseats w/ center consoles. The width of the seating seems to point to dual subs being the solution, except my budget of $1000ish does not lend to dual subs, except for something like the currently on-sale Monolith 10's. Would the dual 10's be plenty for the space? Or does the Monolith 12 (or other 12in equivalent) provide performance that even dual 10's can't produce (i.e. chest thumping as was said earlier)? I have also toyed around with the idea of going with a single 15, either HSU or the Monolith 15, but those may be absolute overkill for my space. I usually listen pretty loud, but don't have any raw data numbers to provide. The receiver is many times at 0db and I had calibrated the system with the on-board YPAO mic setup. Please let me know your thoughts.