Hi,
I'm a casual listener who just recently purchased a HT system for the first time. My current set up includes:
Yamaha Rxv730 receiver
Bose701 main (I know... but let's leave the bashing to another thread)
Infinity Alpha center
Old Technic rear speakers (20yrs old and still rockin')
and I just bought a Velodyne CHT10 (10 inch) subwoofer 2 days ago.

And here's my question:
I'm just not happy with Velodyne -- for some reason, it is just not loud enough. It does give me a ok bass only if I crank the volume up all the way -- I'm afraid if I leave it at this level it will blow sooner or later...

My living room is a decent size --23*13 so I'm wondering if 10 incher is just not big enough or Velodyne just suck with this model.
I only have less than $400 to play with (my wife will divorce me if I go higher than $300 but I'll somehow wing another $100) -- is there any other budget subs out there that are loud enough for my room size?

Another newbie question: is it possible to play a sub when playing music CDs? When playing CD, my receiver receives 2 channel signal and doesn't use sub no matter what setting I use. Thanks!!