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calhockey10

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Currently I have RF-82 for front speakers, RC 52 for my center(looking to upgrade this still), and RS 52.  I have a cerwin vega subwoofer I bought in college however I came across a klipsch RW 12 for sale and the guy is asking $300.  I am wondering if that is a good price and if it would be a good sub for the setup I have.

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I have rf-82iis for my fronts and a rp-450c for my center and I started with a single r-12sw sub then added another and still felt I needed more bass, so I took the second sub back sold the other one for 250 and bought 2 r-115sw's. For me at least I felt the bass was lacking even with 2 12''s and now that I added the 2 15's I feel the system is more complete. Some might feel 2 15s is over kill but I think they sound perfect with my 7.2 set up.

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PM replied to.

 

The PM essentially says the RW 12 is a good sub, but $300 is too much, $150-200 would be better.  The next generation model to the RW 12 was the RW-12d (d for digital) which sold all day long in 2013 for $300.

 

Your Cerwin-Vega was a good sub in its day but time has moved on.  If you are on a budget, the real sweet spot in subwooferage value these days seems to be a pair of DIY 18" subs with an Inuke 3000, price is around $900 for that bundle. (someone might want to double-check my numbers on the bundle pair)

 

That would be a substantial sound upgrade and would last you for years, well into your next speaker upgrades.

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You may want to check out Parts Express. Their Dayton brand has good reviews and the price is right. I bought one of the Dayton drivers and made my own sealed box.

 

http://www.parts-express.com/cat/powered-subwoofers/95

 

Buy the 12" Dayton, not going to win any awards but for the money its a dam good buy.

 

Cheap enough to add more to even out room response.

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