Hello Everyone,
I am looking for a good sub at about the 2K price point and am considering either the Focal Utopia Sub (15" woofer, 1000W RMS) or the JL Fathom f113 V1 (13.5" woofer 2500 RMS)- The fathom being slightly more expensive on the ’used’ market. Both subs are highly rated and the Fathom seams to be very highly regarded on this site so I would like to try it. At the same time, my speakers are FOCAL Utopia BE series so I think the Utopia Sub will gel nicely and I would be able to save several hundred bucks to put towards other tweaks if I went with the focal sub. Currently I have a Monitor Audio Gold 12 Sub (12" woofer 600W RMS) which is very good, but want to see if either the Utopia or the Fathom is much better, and I mostly use the Monitor Audio in my HT set up anyway.
Specs wise:
Focal Utopia BE Sub - 15" woofer, 1000W RMS
JL Fathom f113 V1 - 13.5" woofer 2500W RMS
Both subs go down to ridiculously low Hz.
Usually, I am less into specs and more about hearing music (and not sure how important these specs are anyway) but I am not able to audition either of the subs (let alone in my system) , so kinda shooting in the dark and would appreciate some advise on which way to go as these are also heavy and expensive to move around to deal with!.
I imagine I will keep the new sub for a while.
I’d like the sub to merge with my speakers as seamless as possible, and provide that extra lower-level feeling and punch when needed.
Does anyone have experience with either (or both to compare)? Thank you in advance.
Aside - My 1 pair of preamp LXR-outs is taken up by the connection to the Amp. So I would connect the sub via one of the two remaining RCA outs from my preamp - is there is a better way?
