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My list of compact subs with room correction.

Hi guys! The topic of room-corrected subwoofers has been raised on the forum several times. I am also interested in this issue. In addition, I need one relatively inexpensive, compact and nice-looking (not monstrous), but powerful enough and playing deep, as much as possible for this size, subwoofer, primarily for music, then for movies. Closed enclosures with a 10/12-inch woofer and a DSP processor, costing around 1000-1500 euros, fit these requirements. (I live in Europe, so euro, cm and kg). I have compiled a shortlist of 10 suitable subwoofers. You can buy them new in 2024.

This table can be useful for those who have small and medium-sized listening rooms, neighbors, no freedom with the location of the subwoofer, limited space, a corresponding budget and claims to the design. Wives will be happy. And also for those who value control using an application on a smartphone.

Of course, the table does not contain all the characteristics and reviews, but you can read about this in the tests and reviews. Information is taken from open sources.

There are exceptions* in the list, but these models are still worth considering for other parameters.

For myself, I have settled on the Buchardt SUB10, because I have acoustics from this company and for the above parameters.

I will be glad to hear comments from owners on your experience of using these devices. If this was useful to anyone, please write and write what you are leaning towards and why, and also, if there are other options for subwoofers on this topic.

PS: Please do not write that you need two, or even better, four subwoofers and that SVS is generally the coolest. This is not relevant to the topic, they write this everywhere anyway.

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@russ69 Sounds like you got rid of it so just an FYI. On page 38 of Velodyne’s SMS-1 manual the subject of room equalization is a bit confusing in its black hole description of standing waves.

DSP, room optimization and a -3dB subwoofer itself can simply be overwhelmed when they’re located in a rooms null.

Soon after the SMS-1 the Velodyne Digital Drive Series Manual describe a method of measuring the sub location. By playing the Sweep Tones and using the Mic to measure the sub position visually and note the rooms higher response locations. A sort of tedious and exhausting reverse crawl test.

The results of Velodyne’s Auto EQ are merely a convenient starting point. All of the DD and DD Plus parameters can be manually adjusted to support music genres, poor recordings and or personal taste then saved to memory within their six presets. Turning the remote controlled sub into a handy interactive loudness control.

By the time the DD Pluse was released in 2011 the crawl test now had a name along with multiple You Tube instructions. Unpacking the sub at the listening position and performing the crawl test to locate the rooms modes became the first DD Plus setup instruction and recommended to locate any -3db subwoofers least restrictive performance locations quickly. No room is to small.

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