Good Subwoofer recommendations

There is a Bag End Infrasub 18 for $895. That sub was a review winner many times for HT. Probably can't go wrong with that. With 40% open walls you will need the size as well.

I think SVC makes great lower cost subs. A critical question, though, is if you are just going to be doing movies or will this be your TT/CD/SACD system as well? If you want it to do everything, I strongly recommend a sealed set of subs. Ported subs are just too slow, unless you want to do some serious modification. In my HT room I'm using a set of sealed subs and have found it a fair trade off to the one ported sub that is found in so many rooms. I do have a 15" sub in the garage/gym that is ported, but even there I had to modify the port and use a lot of Marigo speaker dots to get it to be listenable. I have to say, though, exercising to a 15" sub is motivational!

Rythmik has their E15HP in matte black on sale right now for $1024 plus shipping. 15" Servo-Feedback woofer, 600w amp. Best deal in subwoofers.

Check out SVS. They are a great company. 45 day return policy with free shipping. I had the SB-1000 and it was outstanding.

Rhythmik and REL make very good subs, as do SVS. However, my favorite subs are the Velodyne DD and Optimum series - these are *fantastic* subs...

http://velodyne.com/subwoofers.html

-RW-