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I respect Chess' ideas that he is sick of hearing about SVS being a great sub, even though he thinks they are ugly. It's a good thing he doesn't find Axiom ugly

So the question remains, then,

What is a great quality and value sub that is NOT SVS, regardless of the looks?

Personally, I can't say I have found a sub that performs the same at the same price.

oh, and just for the record, black is my favorite color (I know, some people say it is not a color). However, I wonder if my system would look better in Boston Cherry or Light Maple, both of which look very pleasing to me.

I agree, I like the black as well and think the shape is much more pleasing than the typical box shaped sub. Most gear is black in color anyways, I think it compliments my Denon 3802 just fine. SVS does make a wooden sub, much more $$ but it does exsist.

I think some of the "waterheater" subs do look a little over the top. I have thought about building one with a 10" driver in a 12" sonotube that can then disguise itself as a plant stand.

Problem is if I'm going to build anything I might as well at least do a 12" and then the tube ends up becoming too large in diameter.

I think you need to decide if it will be a sub and be hidden for the most part or also double as a piece of furniture, possible an end table. That of course then limits where you can place it.

Any wonder I haven't built it yet?

I'm with Chess on the clour black. I have no idea why the majority of components have to be that way, it certainly isn't that way in Japan or Europe.

I think the question of value and quality is very subjective, depends on many factros, not the least of them being the size of your pocketbook.

if i had to do it all over i would have bought the vmps large kit without cabinet and made my own to there specs.
can get the kit for about 300$ add 200$ more for cabinet materials.
you can make a high boy style box if you lack space.
no ports or port noise-external amp of your choice .
the sound is so clean

Hi,

Idle speculation on my part, but looking back, I think we can partly blame Bryston, who has always sold to the professional and audiophile markets. Pro gear in studios has mostly been black since the early '60s. People began associating "professional" performance and standards with black components. Then around 1970 Sansui started producing black components. Back then, most receivers (Pioneer, etc.) were silver. So maybe the Sansui stuff sold really well and everybody went to black.

Yamaha tried to reintroduce silver less than a decade ago--a high-end line--but it didn't sell well in Canada.

Asia loves gold, by the way.

And wasn't the Ford Prefect from British Ford? One of those wretched British cars that never started in an Ontario winter? Neither did the original Jaguar XKE, by the way. A wealthy friend of mine had one when I went to college in the '60s.

Regards,

I think if you don't go SVS than these two are considered price/performance winners:




http://www.adireaudio.com/home_audio/Loudspeakers/exact_series/rava.htm


http://store.yahoo.com/hsusubs/vtf2.html

Hi Alan
yep the Ford Prefect was the four door version of the Ford Anglia, 10hp and 1.17L, vacuum wipers and a suspension right out of the stone ages . Mine was green, not black and the best feature was a crank out front windshield, pressumably to help clear the window of fog on misty days, except we all know it never started on misty days.

Please say that's a typo. Ten horsepower?

no, not a typo, somewhere I have a copy of an advert for the Prefect if I can find it I'll post it.

this is the advert

now getting back onto topic I really like the look of the Axiom subs, espcially the EP350; very much an "in your face" look.