expired Posted by crash21 • Mar 10, 2020
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expired Posted by crash21 • Mar 10, 2020
Mar 10, 2020 8:59 AM
Monoprice Monolith M12-S 12" THX Certified Sealed 500-Watt Powered Subwoofer
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Sealed itself matters less than the size of the cabinet. Sadly, most sealed subs also have smaller enclosures, so that's not doing them any good. My two 18" sealed subs don't need to push past 100W in a 8,000 cubic foot room to have plenty of output (down to 6Hz even), but they each have a Crown amp that can feed each 2000W if I ever wired up 240V and raised the highpass filter. I haven't seen the need yet, especially with the wall, window, fixture noise.
Hoping our next house in the distant future will have an infinite baffle setup - I love IB and some sealed far more than ported or bandpassed subs. The low end extension from 28 square feet of cone area would be amazing, and efficient! IB is just a giant sealed cabinet.
The room was finished as a theater room with riser platform and it's own 20 amp circuit. Not a repurposed bedroom or living room.
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My reason for choosing Rythmik was that they are local in Austin, TX. So I basically just drove up and got a discount minus shipping. Otherwise I was looking at HSU and SVS. SVS having free return and shipping worked into the price so it's a good way to audition subwoofers and they often have good sales. Subs are expensive to ship back so that might influence your decision.
Much depends what you're after out of your sub, sealed gives you a tight, detailed, articulated low bass in a smaller footprint.
For me I'm not worried about rattling the windows or disturbing the neighbors. I'm not even concerned about the "whole" room, just my seating area. I don't watch a movie standing up or anywhere else but in the seat.
You give me a good sub and I will make it sound very good where you sit, now the whole room is a different story but every layout and person are completely different.
The ideal spot is rare so we compromise and make it work the best we can.
I can't tell how many times I've found the best spot and for whatever reason(often aesthetics) they don't want it there so have to place it where they want it rather than the best placement within that room and make it work the best I can.
So many times with the average person these specs don't even come into play.
I haven't had a chance to play around with a Monolith sealed sub and very interested to know if the 12" could perform somewhere near as good as the SB-3000.
I have to go with the specs since I haven't listened to either.
Of what I have read the 3000 sounds like it's a great performer with a small footprint.
I have a PB-12 now that does pretty good but that smaller footprint will get me to the better placement I'm after.
This 12" looks like it might work and for almost half the price I'm wondering how it would do.
I know the best thing to do is buy both but I'm not dissatisfied with the PB-12 enough to do that especially with a sub.
I'm hoping someone I know is interested in one so I can borrow it
Anyone have experience between these those two?
I am looking for a small box, sealed, and to fill a 12x14 room.
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