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Subwoofer advice for a budget home theater

Dreamers2

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Currently i already own a pair of Kenwood LS-34 as well as the Amplifier A-34.
Since i don't want to spend more then 200 bucks for the home theater setup in my new home and since those speakers still sounds good enough i was thinking of keeping them for the setup. The only issue is that they don't deliver much low frequencies. That why i was thinking about adding a subwoofer. The answer is which subwoofer doesn't sound like crap for less then 200 buck
I don't want my setup to sound insanly pristine, just good. Thanks in advance.
 
I also bought a cheap sub for my 5.1, I have no direct comparisons or measurements, but I am satisfied with the elac debut s 10.2 which is around 200 euros
 
I don't have a recommendation...

There is an issue with "theater" - You need an AVR (or something with a surround decoder) in order to get the "point one" LFE channel. It gets thrown-away in the stereo mix-down.

You still get the "regular bass" from the other channels and the subwoofer CAN help with that.

If you get an active (most are active) sub with built-in crossover and line-level pass-through, you can use the tape-monitor loop in your amplifier (I assume it has that) and you'll have a full-crossover that sends only the bass to the sub, and blocks the bass from the main speakers.

Theater should be less critical than music because explosions and other bass sound effects don't have to be accurate... They just need to be loud and powerful to shake the walls! :D
 
I don't have a recommendation...

There is an issue with "theater" - You need an AVR (or something with a surround decoder) in order to get the "point one" LFE channel. It gets thrown-away in the stereo mix-down.

You still get the "regular bass" from the other channels and the subwoofer CAN help with that.

If you get an active (most are active) sub with built-in crossover and line-level pass-through, you can use the tape-monitor loop in your amplifier (I assume it has that) and you'll have a full-crossover that sends only the bass to the sub, and blocks the bass from the main speakers.
well i was thinking about that
i will exit from the TV with a mini jack and into the amp with RCA. Before going into the AMP i will split the right channel of the RCA in another RCA. One goes to the active sub with crossover and the other plug will go to the right channel
 
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