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How Much Do Your Subwoofer(s) Cost Relative to Speakers

For people who own subwoofers in the main system, I am interested to know the price ratio of the subwoofer to speakers in your system. Prices in MSRP.

Say if the subwoofer(s) cost $10,000 and speakers cost $10,000, the ratio would be 1 : 1.

If the subs cost $5,000 and speakers cost $10,000, the ratio would be 1 : 2.

If the subs cost $3,333 and speakers cost $10,000, the ratio would be 1 : 3.

Mine is at about 1 : 3.5

 

 

ryder

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james633
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My speakers are $11,000 (I paid $6300) my subs are $5000 ($2500 each). 
 

Not sure you can look at it as a ratio as the entry into subs is expensive. For example I would be happy running JBL 590s ($900 a pair now) with my current JL subs but I could also run a pair of Wilson Sasha DAW ($40k) with my current subs and both systems would be fine and integrate well. 
 

I think the real question is how much do you need to spend on a good sub and more importantly how is the crossover handled. 
 

Look at something like the JTR. At $3200 it has to be pretty amazing with great price for performance but it is ugly and no one is going to wants it sitting next to their Rockports…
 

 

james633
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You could look at the speaker and subs single price. Say subs and speakers are $15,000 how does that hold up against $15,000 speakers? I would guess pretty well and probably better. Most speakers with good deep bass these days are pricy. 

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