Not too long ago I completed a pair of Adire 281s for my mains and now I'm looking at building a subwoofer to pair them with to help fill out the lower end. The 281s do well down to about 50Hz, but right around there the bass starts to get a bit "thin".
At this point I'm looking at either a Shiva with an Adire PR-15 in a 95 liter enclosure, or a sealed Tempest in 122 liter enclosure (both based on the Adire designs). I can see what the trade-offs are between the two on paper, but I've never actually heard a sub that uses a PR before, so I'm not sure what I'd be getting myself into with it. I should say that I'm not looking for a sub that'll shake the foundations of my house, so mega high SPLs at low freqs isn't my primary goal. Since I use my 281s for music listening as well, I'm hoping for a sub with a nice, tight sound with a lot of "punch"; something that'll be very musical, but could also be used to back up my 281s on the occasional movie. I'm afraid I might be losing some detail and speed if I went down the Shiva + PR route vs. the Tempest, but I do like the nice, flat response curve of that configuration...
Any thoughts on what the "real-world" sonic tradeoffs on the two designs would be? Or perhaps there are other options I should consider over the Adire designs? I should say that I need to use a small enclosure (24"-ish) for a high WAF.
Thanks!
At this point I'm looking at either a Shiva with an Adire PR-15 in a 95 liter enclosure, or a sealed Tempest in 122 liter enclosure (both based on the Adire designs). I can see what the trade-offs are between the two on paper, but I've never actually heard a sub that uses a PR before, so I'm not sure what I'd be getting myself into with it. I should say that I'm not looking for a sub that'll shake the foundations of my house, so mega high SPLs at low freqs isn't my primary goal. Since I use my 281s for music listening as well, I'm hoping for a sub with a nice, tight sound with a lot of "punch"; something that'll be very musical, but could also be used to back up my 281s on the occasional movie. I'm afraid I might be losing some detail and speed if I went down the Shiva + PR route vs. the Tempest, but I do like the nice, flat response curve of that configuration...
Any thoughts on what the "real-world" sonic tradeoffs on the two designs would be? Or perhaps there are other options I should consider over the Adire designs? I should say that I need to use a small enclosure (24"-ish) for a high WAF.
Thanks!
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