Studio Subwoofer...Yamaha or JBL??

[monkman0]

I'm looking to buy a studio subwoofer. I was going to buy the M-Audio SBX-10 but I was advised against it. A sales engineer recommended the JBL LSR2310SP. I have never these before but I've heard JBL is a good brand. My friend has the Yamaha HS10W subwoofer which is no longer in production. I used it with my monitors and it did sound pretty good. Now they have a Yamaha HS8S (which is the same thing except 150W amp instead of 120W and supposedly frequency response down to 22HZ which is better than JBL). Has anyone had experience listening to both of these and comparing??

 

[c7sus]

Also worth checking out is the KRK 10S. It's rated down to 34Hz and 225w. The 10S also has a footswitch input so you can switch the sub in and out--- very handy feature. The crossover is variable from 50-130Hz.

I use mine with a Moog Voyager and Taurus 3 bass and it works extremely well. I set the crossover at 80Hz and with the volume on the 10S set to 9 o'clock it provides more than enough thump and bass with plenty of headroom left over. Phil Lesh bass bombs sound epic through the 10S.

I did have to return the first one because it developed a buzz at about 100Hz within the first two weeks. In fact the same defect is mentioned in the Sweetwater reviews. I've had the replacement sub for over 18 months and it works flawlessly.

KRK KRK10S | Sweetwater.com

 

[witzendoz]

I only have used the JBL LSR2310SP, I have it running with some Yamaha NS10's, I have it set up so that it is not a cracking sub, but it extends the ns10's low end. I have been very impressed by it.

Alan.

 

[RecordingMaster]

Well I apologize in advance, because this doesn't answer your question directly (don't you hate that?!), but I am a recent owner of a used KRK10S as well. No 100 hz buzzing here. I put the crossover just a hair above the point at which my mains (5") roll off (they are rated to go as low as 54 hz), so the crossover is around 60 hz. I currently have an M-Audio sustain pedal plugged into it, so it won't stay on if I hit the pedal. I have to hold it down to keep the sub on. I do this so that I don't forget and leave it on which I consider dangerous since most people's playback systems can't reproduce that low end. Make it sound good on "every man's" speakers! But it's great to check and make sure the kick and bass are playing nicely together and I like a little boost at 60 hz on rock kicks (mostly), so it's great to double check I didn't go overboard.

If I were to attempt to answer your question though, I'd say either a) go with whatever is more affordable or b) go with the Yamaha in the event that you ever get NS-10's, you'd have a great match!

Good luck!

PS: Here's some good insight on setting up subs. I forget where he says it, but this top acoustics engineer recommends letting your mains stay full frequency and only add the sub as an extension. Don't try and make the sub do half the frequency spectrum or more. Episode 40: Thomas Jouanjean, Northward Acoustics Engineering - Pensado's Place

 

[c7sus]

I've got an on/off switch plugged into mine and leave it on, but I listen to much more music than I mix.