Subwoofer reccomendations for B&W 805S?


My room is 17x15. How big of a sub should I need? Does anyone have any good reccomendations?
nemesis1218

Showing 6 responses by nemesis1218

Thanks for the suggestions. Another question I have is right now I'm actually in a 13 x 14 1/2 room. I have them set up on the long wall (6ft away) and sit 6 feet back. When I move to the new 17x15 room I will be setting them up on the short wall (15ft) and will have the speakers about a 1/2 foot more off the wall, and will be sitting about a 1/2 feet more back (setting them up using the cardas method) Am I going to lose much volume going into the new larger room? I like to listen pretty loud at times. (85-90db) I hope my 805s will be good enough for the room. Right now they sound great in the 13 x 14 1/2ft room.
Also, my neighbors house is pretty close to my house. What should I be looking for sub-wise if I don't want to disturb them? I have heard less distortion and cleaner bass is less disturbing and boomy. So would a REL sub such as the Stadium III be perfect? Or should I look at something else?
Does anyone where the crossover occurs for the 805s? Also if I was going Bob's route, what sort of "active" device would I need? I am new to all of this. What are the pitfalls of going this route? Also isn't bass at say 100hz still directional?