Musical subwoofer for under 1K

hsu tn1200 is wonderful...takes up little floor space, but as my wife likes to say, "it's the size of a small human." it's a passive sub and can be bought new for around $450. very hard to come by used, but a used high current solid state power amp is not (if your processor/receiver has a built in crossover....). i haven't heard the VTF-2, but it has excellent reviews and is only $499 new. good luck.

Thanks for the help.
I am going with a used vandersteen 2w that I found here on audiogon.
Tim

hey shawn, there's another one yust came up here f/s - better nab it - ya need two for stereo... ;~)

regards, doug

This is a little more expensive, but you may get it discounted to $1,000 or $1,100: the REL Strata III. It is simply an amazingly musical subwoofer and great for HT as well. Far better, IMHO, than the REL Q100E. I use it with B&W Nautilus 805's. Simply phenomenal. Spend a little more and you will be incredibly happy with it. It was a whole new system when I replaced my Audiopro with it.

Wow, I logged on to ask the very same question...best sub under 1k to compliment my M/L Areius's...

Anybody familair with the Soliloquy? Does it sound as nice as it looks?

This will be for audio only (HT is in another room). Also, which is the better connection method:

Line level out from the pre amp to the sub then line level from the sub to the amp

or

Line level from pre amp to amp, then speaker wire from the amp to the sub and speaker wire from sub to the M/Ls?

Thanks

Mitch