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I wasnt planning on replacing the whole system, although it had crossed my mind. I do want good punch with my bass, for some of my heavier music and the home theater aspect. Im going to have to get in touch with my subs manufacturer to find out if it will work in a home. Im still looking for input so please keep the comments coming.

Thanks for the input so far folks. I never thought that the sub could be as important as you guys say. Ive heard some people believe that a person should get the most expensive sub they can afford. So these are my thoughts at the current time. I have a high quality 12" Kicker Solobaric sub in my car in a non-cube shaped box that I have built. The whole thing is extremely solid. I built my own enclosure as a trapezoid, since I heard that a cube is the worst possible acoustical shape for a speaker to be in. The box is sealed and is only .88 cubic feet, creating tight, punchy, not boomy bass. I dont know of its range or if it goes all the way to 20hz. Ive seen the majority of home subwoofers are ported enclosures that put out a lot of volume with a relatively small amplifier. What I am thinking of doing is using my car subwoofer in my home with a separate two-channel amp bridged down, or a good powerful monobloc amp. The problem that I see with this set up is that I will need about 350 watts rms, which could be pricey, and i wont have subwoofer controls on the amp. This doesnt seem to be a huge problem to me because I can control the LFE output on my receiver. What do you guys think of this idea? Reasonable, or just go with a good quality home theater sub?

Possiblly you guys could help me improve my Klipsch based system. Ill tell you what im using and hopefully you can point out where I can improve and why. Thanks Receiver: Pioneer Elite VSX-24TX (90 wpc, THX Select) Cd Player: Sony ES CDP-CA7ES Left and Right Speakers: Klipsch KM6 (KG 5.5's) Wires: Original Monster Cable with Monster Cable banana plugs soldered on both ends Interconnect cable: Monster Cable Lightspeed 200 Digital optical cable I am mostly concerned about my 2 channel audio but the rest of my system includes: Sony single disc DVD player Klipsch KV3 center channel Surrounds: BIC America V504 Venturi Speakers (Bi-polar) And a basic Sony 27" Trinitron TV