I'm on the same page as SD. I too found somewhat "contradictory" information jumping back and forth between the reviews in WR and in other audio based mags. Given the way that the WR reviews were handled, i think that i would trust their opinions a little higher than some of the others. It did come across as being a little more "controlled" or "even handed" in terms of the results. Keep in mind that they DID test the Sunfire's ( as previously stated ), a couple of Velodyne's and Paradigm's, Hsu's, etc... Quite honestly, i was pretty surprised by some of the results going by all of the other "reviews" that i've read.
Kind of funny how we were all disappointed about the same subs not appearing in the "subwoofer showdown"( Rel, VMPS, etc..). I would have also liked to have seen them test some Dunlavy subs as they use 4 drivers ( either 10's, 12's or 15's ) and are sealed with low Q's. Should be very tight with great extension and volume capacity due to all of the cone area. As to the VMPS, i've always heard that the sub was great but my listening experience with older full range VMPS floorstanders left me wanting. While the bass was extremely potent, it was also VERY muddy and lacking in definition. I wanted to see if Brian aka "Big B" had made any progress in that area. Tossing Bill Duddleston's "no way to get around displacement" Legacy subs into the picture would have been nice too. Oh well, you can't have everything handed to you on a silver platter : )
As to Hardesty's online efforts, is that a "public access" website or subscription only ? Got an address for us lazy folks ??? Sean
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Kind of funny how we were all disappointed about the same subs not appearing in the "subwoofer showdown"( Rel, VMPS, etc..). I would have also liked to have seen them test some Dunlavy subs as they use 4 drivers ( either 10's, 12's or 15's ) and are sealed with low Q's. Should be very tight with great extension and volume capacity due to all of the cone area. As to the VMPS, i've always heard that the sub was great but my listening experience with older full range VMPS floorstanders left me wanting. While the bass was extremely potent, it was also VERY muddy and lacking in definition. I wanted to see if Brian aka "Big B" had made any progress in that area. Tossing Bill Duddleston's "no way to get around displacement" Legacy subs into the picture would have been nice too. Oh well, you can't have everything handed to you on a silver platter : )
As to Hardesty's online efforts, is that a "public access" website or subscription only ? Got an address for us lazy folks ??? Sean
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