Hello, I just joined, primarily for the audiophile products. Looking at purchasing the NHT C3 speakers for our new living room. Space is about 15 feet wide by 33 long and they will fire long ways. Space is just for general listening, music room with all equipment is downstairs, so hoping they will fill it with sound nicely. Cheers.
Mar 18, 2024
If you already bought a decent pair of bookshelf speakers, consider buying a proper sub that's at least 10," or preferably 12." I would recommend Parts Express. Their subwoofer kits are very nice if you're willing to spend a few hundred dollars. Otherwise, the cheap Dayton subs (~$100) are very good for the money.
I get what you're saying though, 6" is just way too small to be a particularly good addition to what I already have. With that in mind, how big is too big? I'm mostly looking for a subwoofer for music listening, not home theater. I've seen BIC and Klipsh subs on sale every now and then, but wasn't convinced something meant for home theater would be ideal for just music.
I recently upgraded from a cheap 10" subwoofer, to a DIY build based on the 12" Dayton RSS315HF driver and the difference is huge for music, movies, and video games. With that said, the addition of the older sub to my bookshelf speakers with 6.5" woofers was also a very big deal.