mattkhan
Distinguished Member
I'm in the market for a new sub (and possibly new speakers but I digress )
For me, this poses some difficulties.... my thoughts
how should one approach buying a new sub? what are the factors that would sway you from one model to another? how would you go about not simply buying the first thing you hear because it sounds great?
For me, this poses some difficulties.... my thoughts
- the sound of a sub is particularly sensitive to the room, eq used, integration with the speakers
- extensive home demos are impractical for most on many levels (given that one would need to ship & install & eq & listen to & return a number of large/expensive products)
- extensive "in demo room" demos are impractical given that a single dealer is unlikely to specialise in a wide range of subs (and dealers with decent demo rooms can be few and far between so actually getting to them is a time consuming act in itself)
- human memory is quite poor at remembering specifics, all sorts of things can corrupt it hence comparing experiences across time is *hard*
- when in the market, you're generally listening to kit at a level above what you currently have so anything worthwhile is likely to sound great
- (clearly not true for a minority, probably true for most?) you probably haven't heard that many subs full stop
how should one approach buying a new sub? what are the factors that would sway you from one model to another? how would you go about not simply buying the first thing you hear because it sounds great?