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velodyne or Polk for a sub...it looks like I may get one for xmas......We have the room dimensions of 19ft long by 15 ft wide and 10ft high.....there is the new velodyne VX10 or a 10" Polk is what we are looking at....any advice please and thanks

Why are you choosing between just those two brands?

What kind of price range do you have?

store credit card....but we are not limited to those...2 only...Im in Ottawa Canada....not sure where to get anything else

sorry price range max 500$cad.

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Originally Posted by Willow

velodyne or Polk for a sub...it looks like I may get one for xmas......We have the room dimensions of 19ft long by 15 ft wide and 10ft high.....there is the new velodyne VX10 or a 10" Polk is what we are looking at....any advice please and thanks

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That's a pretty big room for a 10" sub. Not that one would not enhance your system, but I think a bigger sub would be better. I would suggest looking into Canadian brands such as Paradigm, Energy, and PSB, as I think they would be a better value in Canada.

What sort of main speakers do you have? In particular, what is there low frequency cut-off? This has some bearing on where you would place the sub.

I haven't visited Ottawa for some time, but as I remember they had several good audio stores. Look under Stereo in the phone book and see what's there. Or are you limited to Sears, the Bay, or something?

Also look at the Mirage and Axiom line of subs.Try their web sites to find store locators.

I have the Velodyne CHT-10. Haven't heard the Polk. Cht-10 is clean,smooth and seamless. I only have mine at 1/3 volume. My room is 11'x25'x8' . Front ported, I have mine facing the front wall parallel to my listening position. Frequency response 28Hz-120Hz.
I bought this sub to replace my Cerwin Vega LW-10 and it easily is superior to this model. I chose the CHT-10 over the 12 cause I wanted a musical sub. And I figured the 10 would have a quicker response than a 12 and thus better for music.