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Musical subwoofer under $2000

I’m looking for advice on what vendors to look at as l’d really like to add a subwoofer to my 2 channel setup. The room is c. 30x15 feet or 42 square meters with low ceiling of about 7.5 feet or 2.2 meters. Budget is c.$2,000 and my 2 channel speakers are Sonus Faber Sonetto VIII. My amp offers pre-out connection. I’d like REL but their S range is now too expensive, so something close in musicality would be great. 

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avanti1960
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I am critical of subwoofers and most recently  owned two REL T9i units. 

The RELs sounded excellent but had a couple flaws that made me sell them. The level control was too coarse for properly matching with my main speakers- one click position and the sub overpowered the main speakers and on the lower click the output dropped too low for some reason.  

They did not extend at the sub bass frequencies which is something I prefer- a strong output at 20Hz. 

My new subs are the SVS SB 2000 Pro.  They have excellent output and 20 Hz and give that deep bass sound and feel.  The App control is very fine- level setting and matching is easy.  The DSP is also useful, I used it to tame a few high peaks on the left subwoofer to smooth the response. 

If you have room, the SVS SB3000 is super impressive and has a bit better tone than the SB 2000 Pro.  The SB 3000s were too large for my space.  

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