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srckkmack wrote:
 I've had a M&K V125 sub for about 10 years. It's a 12" sealed sub with a 125W amp. I've been pretty satisfied with it for watching movies and listening to music (aside from likely room problems, but that's another subject). Our room is about 20x20 with vaulted ceiling and open to our kitchen. I was at the place where I purchased it lately, and a salesman told me that the sub is good, but underpowered for today's movies and music. I see many subs touting 350W to 500W, which greatly overshadow my meek 125W and start to wonder what I may be missing. Does anyone have an opinion they'd care to share about this? |
I have the exact same M&K purchased in about 96 or so. I had it in my basement theater (14x25x8) with Klipsch Chorus II's/Academys/Quartets/RS-7s being pushed by Onkyo M-504s (165 wpc rms). I always felt that I was missing 'something' but didn't know what. Oh, it was loud in general but had no feel. I just bought an SVS PB12-Plus/2 and SMS-1 parametric eq and plugged it in at the same front right corner that the M&K had lived in for years. :raped: Holy shee aat Batman what a difference! I now listen at -20 db or so to get WAY more tactile feeling that I did at reference level. I can not over state the difference this has made. Next step is to fab and install the absorbers and bass traps, just waiting on the fabric sample to arrive so the missus can choose the color scheme.