MrDecibel Posted March 5, 2007 Share Posted March 5, 2007 Found a great deal on a new Sunfire Signature sub. My Paradigm PS1000 has been faithful to me for over 10 years, but I just wanted something new that could extend a little deeper. I really wanted the JL Audio Fathom 113, but it's a little too pricey right now. I heard good reviews for the Sunfire and liked the idea that it didnt take up alot of space.I knew the Sunfire was small, but when I actually opened it up I laughed at the almost "toyish" size of it. This was going to put out deeper bass than my twice as big Paradigm?? After hooking it up, I was blown away. This thing is incredible for its size. I can walk to different rooms in the house and still "feel" the bass. Even standing outside the house this thing rocks. This sub produces very tight and accurate bass for music and powerful chest pounding bass for movies.Most importantly though, this thing has to be the most wife friendly sub available. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael hurd Posted March 5, 2007 Share Posted March 5, 2007 Wow, cool! I know what it is like to get a new toy..... I think that the fathom would just kill that down low in terms of output and linearity though. I have parts coming to build my own. ( will have over double the volume displacement above tuning than a Fathom 113 ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtimer Posted March 5, 2007 Share Posted March 5, 2007 Are you going to use both now or just the sunfire in your set-up? For those who use 2 subs do they need to be identical units? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrDecibel Posted March 5, 2007 Author Share Posted March 5, 2007 Hmmm, I guess I could hook both up. Actually the Sunfire has enough bass on its own. I was thinking of putting the old Paradigm in my garage to give my garage stereo a little more bang! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheEAR Posted March 6, 2007 Share Posted March 6, 2007 Good purchase,I am one of the very rare people to have had almost ALL Sunfire subs,each revision(save for the original Sunfire TrueSub).The Signature is a very capable sub and solid down to around 18Hz,and at 30Hz it is a monster,walks over much larger subs with ease. In terms of quality the Paradigm PS1000 is a tomato can compared with the Sunfire Sig.,not even close.The band pass one notey PS series suffers a KO loss to any Sunfire in sound quality,and the Sunfire Sig....even larger gain!The PR and woofer are by TC Sounds,very mighty driver and PR. Where a Fathom f113 shines is output down very deep,from 25hz down the Fathom has no equal in a mid sized box.And under 16hz the Fathom astounds (the 70lbs woofer is a beast,with 4inch peak to peak! very few drivers even aproach this sub human woofer).But as compact as it is its a 130lbs box and several time sthe size of the Sig. Enjoy the the sub. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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