I just bought an HSU ULS-15 MK2. In a word it is awesome. I mostly listen to music.

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I would definitely get the RSL speedwoofer 12s. I have mine in an open concept living room and it slays!

The RSL 10S MK1 is a great sub, especially at the price you got it at.

I was particularly focused on home theater and maximizing bang for the buck at each price point. And what that means for me is having enough output to pressurize your room (ideally down to 20Hz) at as low a price as possible. I plan to make a follow-up video on how to select a subwoofer for your use case. Sealed subwoofers have some useful properties to them (lower distortion, no possibility of port chuffing, gentler roll-off). However, for a given room, you will need significantly more or larger sealed subs to acheive the same result as ported subs. And this translates to a higher cost. I also intend to do a breakdown on my thoughts on subwoofer brands. The brands featured in the video are all internet direct. They are able to offer lower price points because they do not need to account for retailer/dealer margin like SVS, REL, or JL Audio do. This does not mean these brands do not offer excellent products. And there are good reasons why you my want to go through a dealer to purchase subwoofers or speakers. But if you are comfortable with DIY work and want to maximize the preformance you are getting for the money, then Internet direct is the way to go. Fully honestly speaking, I think dealers do their clients a disservice when they put one or two 10" REL/JL Audio subs in a 4000 cubic foot room. They are great subwoofers, but the wrong tool for the job. It is kind of like using a silver spoon to fill up a bathtub. Finally, you mentioned Rythmik sealed subs. I love them. I actually use two in my living room set up. They are an excellent compromise between a home theater and hi-fi music experience. However, I cannot classify them as the best option for the price. I could have gotten the same amount of output for less than half the price if I used ported RSL or HSU subwoofers instead.

I posted another video that elaborates on my thoughts on sealed subs as well as brands like SVS, JL Audio, and Rythmik: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rph_abtly9a5iYU.html

Excellent reply, really helpful 👍

If you're asking for $400 for everything (driver, cabinet, and amplifier), that can be a bit tough to pull off. If you have access to a table saw and can cut your own cabinets out of MDF, that is a huge money saver and you can easily do everything for under $400. Otherwise, you are relying on pre-cut flatpack subwoofers. With the cost of the flatpack, driver, and amp, you're looking at $500 on the low-end. If you can cut down a sheet of MDF into a cabinet yourself, I would recommend checking out the "Hammer" subwoofer build from Home Theater Gurus: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/pbJyhr18ydW1ZZc.html If you are interested in pre-cut flat packs, I would check out GSG Audio and DIY Sound Group: shop.gsgad.com/ www.diysoundgroup.com/flat-pack-cabinets.html If I were to overgeneralize, I don't think flatpacks are worth it unless you are planning to build subwoofers with a 15" driver or larger. Usually the cost-to-preformance benefit doesn't really start kicking in until you get to that point. At 12", you are usually saving less than $100 compared to buying one of the brands I recommended in the video. The exception being cutting your own "Hammer" subwoofer.

@@techmosaic7489 Really appreciate your detailed suggestions. I just subscribed and will be following your videos.

That is not a big room. Did you mean 5000 cubic feet?

Monolith, Starke, the newest Klipsch line, XTZ in Europe. There are plenty more good suggestions, but it's pretty clear this list wasn't meant to be exhaustive

They still provide great value when they are on sale. But I personally cannot recommend them anymore after their widespread quality control issues. I saw two friends firsthand go through the painful process of packing up and shipping back 100+ lbs Monolith subs. After seeing them need to do that, I don't want someone else to have to do that based on my recommendation.

Yes, my list was not exhaustive. My main goal was to try boiling it down to one recommendation at each price point. Though I can see that I may have missed some gaps. And this is definitely a US centric list. Europe would be entirely different. Most of the brands in the video are not easily available there. And brands like XTZ or Tonewinner aren't popular in the US, but are often the best option for the price in Europe or the rest of the world.

its not quiet somethings wrong with your system

He sounds ok with me.