Pairing Planar Speakers With A Subwoofer (Eminent Technology)

I have paired them with  a pair of Vandersteen 2Wq subwoofers. Superb, seamless and I consider it a 3-in-1 upgrade as the unique feedforward design of the 2Wq's frees up more juice for these power hungry speakers, which benefit also by only having to play from 80hz upward- less juice required. My amps don't work as hard.
My brother walked into the house and commented, without entering my listening room, how effortless my hi-fi sounded.

Nice, adiebear! What's not to like? Great subs, great speakers!

Getting a subwoofer, and succeeding, requires room tuing AND advanced EQ. JL Audio subs have the latter built in for a fortune.

I think this could be a great sub, but it has no good EQ options. You'll have to figure that out separately. The 1 band EQ option is not enough.

Best,

E

Erik, that’s the one element of the Rythmik subs that seems questionable to me. 1-band of parametric room EQ? Why bother! I suppose it’s better than nothing, but what room has only one bass mode? With the introduction of the new DSPeaker Anti-Mode X4, the 2.0 Dual Core is now available for $500, and can be used with a pair of stereo subs or speakers. Money very well spent.

@bdp24 - Exactly! There's always at least 2 1/2. :)

It's really not worth an add-on price. It's not going to do something for you that a Hsu won't do for free.

$500 sounds pretty good. You don't have to buy the measuring microphone, etc.

Best,

E