What subwoofer is for me

[naylory]

Hello I am new to this forum, I am currently after a sub for my surround sound system, I currently have a panasonic system but I am doing a away with there powered sub and dvd player, so I need a subwoofer and a av amp.
Could any one give me some ideas on what is a decent sub on a budget also does any one have one for sale

 

[recruit]

Hello wayne5981 and welcome to AVForums

If looking for a sub there are plenty around thanks to the likes of BK and SVS, what is you're budget ?

 

[naylory]

Thank you

No more than £100 really I have found a Gale storm 3080 quite cheap or theres a Kef one for sale in the for sale section

 

[recruit]

No more than £100 really I have found a Gale storm 3080 quite cheap or theres a Kef one for sale in the for sale section

Ok well £100 is quite a limited budget and you would be hard pressed to get a decent sub for that money unfortunately

If you could up you're budget a little more then the smaller BK subs would be a good start ie Minotaur or Gemini

 

[dsw182]

I too am looking for a subwoofer and am looking at sub-£100 options. I'd be interested to know what options are available.

 

[kbfern]

At around a £100 really your only option is something secondhand,look in the classifieds on the forum.

Something like the following:

Paradigm PS1000
BK XLS200
Mordaunt Short MS309

Anything any cheaper and you are really into boombox type subs.

 

[mpw2081]

what type of sub would i be after if a just wanted to attach it to my plasma and would work from the volime control on the tv, interested in any comments sorry for using your thread but saves starting another thread for same type or enquiry

 

[AngelEyes]

what type of sub would i be after if a just wanted to attach it to my plasma and would work from the volime control on the tv, interested in any comments sorry for using your thread but saves starting another thread for same type or enquiry

This will depend on the connections on your TV, if it has a subwoofer out then most subs with a 'Low Level' RCA input should be fine. If not your choices will be more limited to subwoofers with stereo line level inputs and an onboard crossover.

We can lose perspective a little on the forums but as mentioned above, £100 doesn't get a great deal of performance, some would argue, anything new at that price is likely to sound worse than none at all but you have to start somewhere. The best advice is to go second hand

Adam

 

[Isco 3]

I will agree that the Paradigm PS1000 has some serious "thunder" for the price.
It was my first sub. I loved it!