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Upgrading 5.1 home theater system

Good day to all.

Upgrading my subwoofer, 1000.00ish budget, in my lower level room with a fireplace for the winter months in illinois. Current sub is a 25 year old Polk Audio sub with a lovely hummm. Also, i can't position the sub in the front or back of the room, must be place on the side of the room. Looking at Rel, JL Audio, SVS to name a few. Not sure which position the speaker should fire. Front, bottom, side, with or without  port, and/or passive. The room is 25x18 with 9 foot ceilings. I am not an audiophile so looking for some professional assistance please.

Current equipment, which I'm not replacing...

Anthem MRX 520

Paradigm Monitor SE bookshelve fronts 

Paradigm MilleniaOne 1.0 rears

Paradigm Millenia 20 center 

Any and all assistance would be greatly appreciated. 

Kevin 

 

 

 

 

khowlett

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erik_squires
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First, look at the AM Acoustics Room mode simulator.  Keep your sub, speakers and listening location out of the lowest modes.

Your budget is a little small for the room, but may be OK.

 

https://hsuresearch.com/collections/true-subwoofers

 

The biggest issue IMHO is not which direction the sub points or ported vs. sealed but speaker vs. room.  I assume you will be using the Anthem MRX for room correction so it should help prevent the worst of the room modes from overpowering the sound quality. Go for the biggest baddest sub you can.

Another resource for you might be DataBass, the online subwoofer resource.

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