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Right now I have a LG 37LB5D, Oppo 981HD and a set of logitech computer speakers connected to the dvd player. So I'm upgrading to my first serious setup. On the advice of a friend I ordered a pair of M22s, a vp100 and a pair of the QS4s. I've also ordered a Yamaha RX-V663. I want a SVSound sub, but I just can't decide which. I think I should get one of the cylinder shaped ones in the 325w class. As you can probably tell from my choice of speakers I have a fairly small room. I watch a lot of movies but I suspect once all this is hooked up I'll probably listen to more music. I suppose my question right now is simply how deep does my sub need to go. The different models are tuned down to 25, 20, and 16 hertz. Don't worry about WAF as there is no wife. ;-)

~Drew

Deeper is always better. In my humble, humble opinion.

Ken, he said "no wife".

Oh, wait.

3a, the cylinder subs are ginormous. Seriously, just get a decent box sub (Axiom, Hsu, SVS, etc.) and be happy. The new Axiom EP350v3 is getting pretty great reviews.

lolz

Whatever it ends up being there is really only one spot for it to go in my room. Luckily it should sound good there too. I figured the cylinder subs would go in that corner nicely. Right now I'm leaning toward the 2 smaller ones. I think the 46" tall one is just insane.

From what I remember the taller subs will play lower but with less output (not as loud). The middle sized one is usually a good compromise. I haven't heard any of the SVS subs, but I'm trying to go off of memory when I was researching things a few years ago.

Of course, if you're in a small room any output is pretty loud.

If you plan on movies only, SVS is a fine choice. However, you may tire of it for music. I say may because I've only heard the 12-NSD and even though it had fantastic slam, I grew tired of the boom boom for music. The 350 on the other hand is a very musical sub. In your small space, the 350 will offer you tremendous presence for movies and well-blended bass for music. To give you an idea, I listened to the 350 in my 4,000 cubic foot space (which opens up to the rest of my house) and found it to be more satisfying than my EP600 for music. For movies, it didn't have the presence of the 600 but then again, look at the kind of space that I was working with.

Even though my place is small I really like it. I do however want a place that is a little bit bigger when I move so I wanted the system to be able to scale. I figured when I moved I could add the other 2 channels for a 7.1 system and maybe add a nice amp and use the RX-V663 as a pre/pro.

Does anyone know if a TV that has HDMI in will pass the audio stream on to the optical/coaxial digital outputs? I've been asking around but no one seems to know.

That i'm not sure about either, but typically a device that outputs HDMI video also has alternate audio connections that you can split to your receiver at the same time.

Nope on the HDMI sound passing. It has to do with DHCP.

Why do you want to pass the sound through your display?

The Yamaha only has 2 HDMI inputs while my tv has three so I thought I might be able to connect it to have 4 total and audio going through the receiver. I suppose if I need more HDMI inputs for the receiver in the future I'll have to get a switch. Right now I can only see needing 2. One for a Bluray player and one for my dvd player.

This upgrade is all the fault of my decision to get a pair of Shure SE310s during a deployment. Those little things are amazing. Something like 110db signal to noise. I don't know how deep they go but I've noticed deep bass lines in songs that I didn't know were even there before.

I guess I should get the middle sized sub so I can trade some of the power that I don't really need for longer extension. I don't remember the exact dimensions of my living room but I'd put it somewhere between 1500 and 2000cuft. I think this really should be an impressive setup.

Does anyone have any suggestions or info on speaker break in? I read somewhere that someone's new SVS didn't sound very good at first but after a week or two it became much more musical and the extension lengthened a bit.