Musical subwoofer for under 1K

Thanks for the help.
I am going with a used vandersteen 2w that I found here on audiogon.
Tim

hey shawn, there's another one yust came up here f/s - better nab it - ya need two for stereo... ;~)

regards, doug

This is a little more expensive, but you may get it discounted to $1,000 or $1,100: the REL Strata III. It is simply an amazingly musical subwoofer and great for HT as well. Far better, IMHO, than the REL Q100E. I use it with B&W Nautilus 805's. Simply phenomenal. Spend a little more and you will be incredibly happy with it. It was a whole new system when I replaced my Audiopro with it.

Wow, I logged on to ask the very same question...best sub under 1k to compliment my M/L Areius's...

Anybody familair with the Soliloquy? Does it sound as nice as it looks?

This will be for audio only (HT is in another room). Also, which is the better connection method:

Line level out from the pre amp to the sub then line level from the sub to the amp

or

Line level from pre amp to amp, then speaker wire from the amp to the sub and speaker wire from sub to the M/Ls?

Thanks

Mitch

mitch, imho, the best connection is from preamp to a hi-quality active x-over, w/signal above x-over point going to the amp(s) driving the m-l's; and the low frequencies going to the amp driving the subs. an alternate would be to yust x-over the subs & run the m-l's full-range. any reasonably-priced powered subs' electronics will muck-up the sound of the m-l's much more than a decent active x-over, imo...