Howdy y'all,
so I've gone mega OCD on rebuilding our home audio experience the past few weeks. I now have stereo systems, 2.0, 2.1 or 2.2 in every room, connected to Airport Express Gen2 with full Airplay2 support. We're a 100% Apple family with Apple Music subscription shared across 6 family members. Great setup.
I purchased most of the speakers used on Kijiji, small Class D based amps off eBay and Amazon, and the setup is excellent. I won't dive into all I learned about these little amps. Suffice to say, they are amazing. I actually sold my NAD 320BEE because of how pleased I am with these little Ti based amps.
Anyway, on to the subwoofer topic. I own two HSU Research subs which are used in our great room, and I just love them. I wanted to add subwoofers to two other rooms but I needed a cost effective solution. I wanted a 2.2 stereo config, like I have with with HSU subs in the great room. After many hours of reading reviews on several different sites from purchases/users of the Pioneer SW-8MK2 subwoofer, I decided to buy 4. I got them on sale and worst case I turn around and sell them on Kijiji for a small profit, or at least no loss.
I was very skeptical that a $130 (Canadian dollars, about $100 USD) subwoofer could make me happy. I remember my early subwoofer days, that eventually drove me to HSU Research. I hated every sub before my HSU's.
Well, after a couple hours of listening, tuning, and tuning, I can honestly see why the reviews are so overwhelmingly positive for this sub. And this is after only a couple of hours of listening, well before the sub is 'broken in' and well before I have found the perfect tune/config for it.
Let me preface my next comments with the following disclaimer:
** All of my comments are based on listening to music, all kinds of music, at 1/4 through 5/8 volume.
I just love this subwoofer. It is an excellent, easy listening sub, with tight relaxing bass that just makes me smile.
If you're in the market for a musical sub, check this one out and save some money.
If you're in the market for a home theatre LFE monster that'll shake your room, skip over this sub. It is not that kind of sub.
so I've gone mega OCD on rebuilding our home audio experience the past few weeks. I now have stereo systems, 2.0, 2.1 or 2.2 in every room, connected to Airport Express Gen2 with full Airplay2 support. We're a 100% Apple family with Apple Music subscription shared across 6 family members. Great setup.
I purchased most of the speakers used on Kijiji, small Class D based amps off eBay and Amazon, and the setup is excellent. I won't dive into all I learned about these little amps. Suffice to say, they are amazing. I actually sold my NAD 320BEE because of how pleased I am with these little Ti based amps.
Anyway, on to the subwoofer topic. I own two HSU Research subs which are used in our great room, and I just love them. I wanted to add subwoofers to two other rooms but I needed a cost effective solution. I wanted a 2.2 stereo config, like I have with with HSU subs in the great room. After many hours of reading reviews on several different sites from purchases/users of the Pioneer SW-8MK2 subwoofer, I decided to buy 4. I got them on sale and worst case I turn around and sell them on Kijiji for a small profit, or at least no loss.
I was very skeptical that a $130 (Canadian dollars, about $100 USD) subwoofer could make me happy. I remember my early subwoofer days, that eventually drove me to HSU Research. I hated every sub before my HSU's.
Well, after a couple hours of listening, tuning, and tuning, I can honestly see why the reviews are so overwhelmingly positive for this sub. And this is after only a couple of hours of listening, well before the sub is 'broken in' and well before I have found the perfect tune/config for it.
Let me preface my next comments with the following disclaimer:
** All of my comments are based on listening to music, all kinds of music, at 1/4 through 5/8 volume.
I just love this subwoofer. It is an excellent, easy listening sub, with tight relaxing bass that just makes me smile.
If you're in the market for a musical sub, check this one out and save some money.
If you're in the market for a home theatre LFE monster that'll shake your room, skip over this sub. It is not that kind of sub.
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