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Velodyne HGS12-repair or replace?

I’ve got two Velodyne HGS12’s. One recently stopped playing after having it sent out to an official Velodyne repair center after about 5-6 months ago. Warranty is like 90 days on the repair. 

I’m trying to determine if I should send it back out again or sell both and finally move on. 

If I were to move on what subs should I consider? Can I find new subs out there that don’t cost $1000 each but are very good? I like nice clean bass and have usually been a fan of sealed subs as it always felt tighter and cleaner. 

One dealer mentioned REL, but haven’t listened to the yet. I see a lot of great reviews of SVS. I have heard one JL Audio ( can’t remember model) but it ran about $1500 and sounded pretty damn good. 


todd1010
mcreyn
103 posts
 
EBC Electronics repairs them for $175.   That said I replaced my HGS-12 with a Rythmik 15hp and the difference is huge.  The Rythmik is in another league in terms of transparency and output capability.  It makes the a velodyne sound muddy and compressed.  
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m-db
313 posts
 
If its still under repair warrantee why not let them take another stab at it?

A little more than your budget but light years better than your short list.

https://www.audiogon.com/listings/lis906f7-velodyne-dd-18-subwoofers 

Not all subwoofer room optimization is the same.
Velodyn's first incarnation of their Automatic or Manual Room Optimization did a better job than the initial JL Audio F113 version and the REL Studio III was simply missing in action when I compared all three in home at the same time. 

erik_squires
5,268 posts
 
Room correction / EQ are my first priorities when it comes to subs. That is by far the biggest contributor/detractor to sound quality, so I would pay attention to that when shopping around. 

I love my Hsu sub, immense, powerful, but I do my own EQ via miniDSP, so I save a ton of cash. 

Best,

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