Subwoofer Matching

[thxpaul]

Last October my Mission 70ASA sub blew. The amp went and the sub would continuously make a humming noise as long as it was plugged in. They said it wasn't worth fixing and so I didn't.

Until now I've been routing the LFE through my Mission 701 speakers and it's been more than adequate for the size of the room my system is in, but lately I want a little more punch so I'm going to buy a new sub.

Here's the thing.... I'm not sure if I should buy another Mission sub or look at other brands. I might upgrade my entire speaker system in a few years time and I want a sub that's dynamic enough to be matched with a different brand of speakers. I've heard that you can get away with a sub that's a different make from the rest of your speakers... and then I've heard others say they should ALL be identical.

So is there a brand in the $400 - $600 range that you would recommend? Something that would sound good with my mission 700 series surround setup but would ALSO sound good with future upgrades such as a set of B&Ws?

Something 8" - 10" would be good. Anything more is really is absolute overkill (smallish room)

How's Velodyne? Polk? Those are the two I've looked at so far. The Velodyne sounded really strong and smooth...