sub for small office

[fatchowmein]

I'm picking up a Harmon HK3480 and will attach a pair of Rti6's to be used as a small home office bookshelf system (10 x 11). Listening volume will be at moderate or low playing mp3's from an iPod or feed from my PC's soundcard. I rip my CD's between 192 and 320 bit. System will only be used for 2 channel music listening - no home theatre/movie/surround sound setup desired. Type of music played: Diana Krall, Sarah Brightman, Armik, Eagles, etc.

What would you all recommend in a small sub or will the RTi6's be plenty of bass? Budget is $400 or less. I'm leaning towards Hsu's STF-1 but have not heard it. Is the Polk PSW10 enough? I'm interested in picking up the lows. No rumbling, knock me out my chair bass needed.

Thx

[Zero]

Heres what the doctor ordered;

http://www.av123.com/products_product.php?section=subwoofers&product=12.1

Inexpensive, fast and capable, - this sub will deliver performance thats beyond just the sum of its parts. This would be the ideal go-to woofer in your situation.

HSU's STF-1 and STF-2 are also fine choices and would match well with the RTi's, the only caveat being their expense over the X-Sub. The STF-2 is larger, and while it will definately output more than both subs, it may be over-kill for your situation.

If you really wanted to stretch the budget, my favorite is the UFW-10 from rocket/onix (av123). I call it the poor mans REL. If you are lucky, you may be able to catch a B-stock ufw-10 for around $400-425. This sub again, may be a bit over-kill in your price range but represents the ideal solution for someone who values tunefullness and accuracy in that price point - over slam and power.

Again, I defer to my original suggestion; the X-Sub should fit your bill nicely. As far as Polk, bless them, they make good speakers, but less than thrilling subs. Stay away from em'.

[mrbigbluelight]

A sub that I ordered off of Fry's outpost.com was an Athena AS-P4000
10 inch powered subwoofer. You might want to have a look/see at this sub, too.

Amazon has it for $149.95, w/o shipping. I bought mine from Fry's for the same price, shipped.
Your local Best Buy may have it in their store for you to listen to. Definitely worth having a listen to. Pretty nice tonal qualities for the price. It can rattle the windows when called upon, but it definitely is not a "boom" box.


http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0009WRUZ2/ref=sr_11_1/002-9425146-9278455?%5Fencoding=UTF8

[Ferres]

You could look into the 8" Velo line like the DLS-3500R. Has 4 preset eq with remote. Under 400 but not as cheap as others recommend. :)

[fatchowmein]

Thx for all the suggestions. Looks like I have some homework to do.