I am in the market for subwoofer. The price difference of some of them is vast and spec wise seems similar.
My question is, are they pretty much the same? What makes a subwoofer "good"?
@theory no chance to look at the real stuff yet, as not many shops open.
@North_Sky if you mean buying american, they both are US company
Here is the manufacturer's frequency response curve for the PreSonus T10 (a 10" ported subwoofer):For spec I mean the frequency response, let's use the Presonus T10 an SVS SB-1000. T10 list as 20-200 Hz SB-1000 list as 24-260 Hz. In Australia T10 is selling at A$700 and SVS is about A$1200.
The T10’s claimed frequency response extension to 20 Hz is complete bullshit. I bought one over the LSR310S only to find out it only went down to about 40 Hz in reality. This, combined with its high sensitivity, extremely finicky gain knob, and 12 dB/oct crossover made it almost useless for mixing music. On the other hand, I think the LSR310S actually does go to 28 Hz as stated so I would rather get that as a studio sub in the same price bracket. Presonus has a frequency response graph on their site now but you have to go out of your way to see it. Really soured me on the company as a whole.For spec I mean the frequency response, let's use the Presonus T10 an SVS SB-1000. T10 list as 20-200 hz SB-1000 list as 24-260hz
In Australia T10 is selling at A$700 and SVS is about A$1200.
If I am using the amplifier sub rca out, set the crossover at 80hz, rather than some input option differences.
The $500 dollars are buying me 4hz deeper in SVS.
Or am I missing something in between?
I am in the market for subwoofer. The price difference of some of them is vast and spec wise seems similar.
My question is, are they pretty much the same? What makes a subwoofer "good"?
Is a Yugo similar to a Bugatti Chiron? No.
Subs start from £50 to roughly £30,000.
Here is the manufacturer's frequency response curve for the PreSonus T10 (a 10" ported subwoofer):
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And here is the manufacturer's frequency response curve for the SVS SB-1000 (a 12" sealed-box subwoofer):
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We need to ignore the different reference levels, concentrating instead on the deviations from a maximally-flat response function.
Before applying any low-pass filtering, the SB-1000 is -3 dB at about 24 Hz or so, and -10 dB at around 20 Hz. In comparison, The T10 is -3 dB at about 45 Hz (almost 1 octave higher!), and -10 dB at about 37 Hz (almost 1 octave higher). The SB-1000 looks like it has way more low-frequency extension and being a 12" driver with a relatively high Xmax, it is highly likely that it will usefully outperform the T10 by a large margin across many performance parameters.