Alternative to Ryhmik

[ggarner149]

Hi, Thanks for chiming back in with your experience. Your listening preferences match my own and I like your logic and analysis. My biggest issue is my room size. It is a 3,000 cu ft room but opens to another ~7,000 cu ft. There are some walls in each room, but it still presents a big space for bass. My preference though, like your own, is for sealed subs. I'm even thinking the new E15HP2 (pair, eventually) is an interesting option as it is almost as loud at 20 hz as the F18. But even Rythmik hasn't published it's performance curves yet and I haven't seen anyone comment on them at AVS or here.

For a single-sub placement, is there anything magic about placing it in the front of the room? the FV18 installation guide says one good placement is in between the front speakers. I prefer mine behind me as it is less in the way, but also a few feet closer to my ears.