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Best sub for music,

Not HT, repeat not the boomboomboom of HT  effects.  which does not offer the high fidelity of musical sub bass (20hz-40hz) 
I'd have to go with the seas W26E001. which has a magnesium/aluminum cone. 
What that raitio is, not sure, seems 50/50. 
None of us here like the sound of those old aluminum cones. But my guess is Seas had to incorporate some alumium inorder to gain the 20-30hz and also mabe keep costs down. 
This YT vid says **Aluminum cone** which is confusing YTers.
Its a  composite, and perhaps the best ture woofer on the market.
Been around for ages, still hard to beat for pure natural low mids. .
Magesium is the best material to keep unwanted resonances out in the  60-1k range, very low/hardly measurable distortion. 
The issue here  tops out at 1k, so its really a  sub. 
This woofer may be a  good candidate to pair with a  5 inch wide band. 



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSiuaMWodzI

http://www.seas.no/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=362:e0026-08s-w26fx001&c...
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Best sub is no sub, There's nothing below 160hz, hardly a few cello notes and kettle drums,
You guys are fooling youself.


hard to imagine someone with over 1000 posts here is this ignorant about the subject
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And come with intercontinental room correction.
😂 That's the funniest thing I've heard all year.

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@northbeach curious how the RSLs work out for you. Lots of good reviews on those. Very interested to see how they do in 2 Ch. I’ve owned Rythmik and HSU’s ULS 15 and VTF line - all great value that give the competition some level of hesitance. REL - never experienced, but there’s definitely something to be said with all of the posts above. 
oldhvymec
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I'm pretty sure an ear cleaning and a posted ear test is in order.. LOL

Voices mozartfan, "Nothing below 160" mercy what kind of music do you listen to? LOL I think even Cher get down there.. 

There is all kinds of music from 250 down.. 60 - 150 is BASS, 120-280 is MB and really directional. The issue I still have is vibration in the monitor cabinet..

80-300 is still hard to dampen in a cabinet, with mids and highs there too. Time alignment is impossible without separate cabinets (Mechanically) Sub frequencies 60< forget it. Not in my monitors cabinets.. or MB for that matter. BOTH are separate cabinets.

1. Subs GRs servo system
2. Band pass MB columns, direct coupled. NO passive XOs excellent cone control..
3. Monitors (split dipole) hybrid LS

All separate cabinets..  The best way I've found so far. IB MB columns and an OB servo sub system.. They work WELL in any room.. So far..

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allears4u
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A response to "No sub is the best sub" and so I have also said....however, while we say, the cello is at 200 hz and the kettle drum can register at 110hz, the actual frequency isn't a pin point. While each instrument is most pronounced at the frequency point, the instrument contains a wide range of frequencies even much lower (and higher)than expected. As with photography, the black forms a key element even in the brightest pic. Our audiophile hobby resembles photography. All the frequencies (all shades of color) form the creation of a lifelike reproduction. Even human voice contains such very low frequencies that when removed or added can dramatically change the reproductive realism. My new sub is on the way....SVS SB-2000 Pro, its sister will follow next year. Any Thoughts?     
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