[Mr.Sneis]

So I picked up a set of old school NHT Super Zero mini monitors recently for $40 and a Dayton T-amp for $60.  Last thing left is a Sub!  Anyone have any recommendations?  I can spring for the HSU STF-2 but it seems silly that I got the speakers and amp for $100 and a sub for $400.  I would prefer the use to be for mostly music listening and the occasional PC gaming -- no crazy home theater shenanigans!
 
Also found local on CL a super old NHT sw2 + sa-2 combo but I could probably only talk the seller down to $200 or so --- this stuff was probably new circa 1994 however!!

 

[fancypantaloons]

http://www.amazon.com/Sony-SA-W2500-Performance-Line-Subwoofer/dp/B000OL3QTW/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1327003009&sr=8-3
 
Free shipping.

   There are a few other subwoofers in this sort of price range that may be better, but shipping would ruin the deal.

 

[TMRaven]

How would one go about connecting a power sub to a small t-amp with a pair of monitors?  I too might be pretty interested in getting a cheap sub just to supplement my speakers and relieve them of their bass duties to improve their midrange.

 

[Mr.Sneis]

I believe it would go Source -> T-amp -> Subwoofer -> Speakers for a powered sub and passive speakers but there's a bunch of different ways to go I would think

 

[TMRaven]

Oh, neat.  I'll have to look into that sometime.

 

[trog]

You use high level input i.e speaker wire from the amp to active sub then run speakers from the sub's speaker out via speaker wire as well

 

[TMRaven]

So the subwoofer is being double amped while the speakers themselves are being amped by the sub?

 

[trog]

Nope an active sub has it's own amp

 

[mtkversion]

Outlaw M8
 
$250 new, $225 for a B-Stock ... sometimes they have them on sale for $175 if you're lucky.
 
Do some google searches on it .. very highly regarded budget subwoofer.

 

[TMRaven]

Quote:

Nope an active sub has it's own amp

Then where does the t-amp fall into place?

 

[trog]

The T-amp powers the speakers but there are some few active subs that provides amplification for itself and for passive speakers

 

[TMRaven]

So the active sub allows the juice going from the t-amp to pass through it and go to the passive speakers?

 

[kbuzz]

The pioneer 8 cbanbe had for less then eighty bucks. Solid to excellent for the money
 
 

 

[davidzvi]

Polk PSW10
 
http://www.amazon.com/Polk-Audio-10-Inch-Monitor-Subwoofer/dp/B0002KVQBA/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1327284821&sr=1-1
 
I has been on sale on Amazon and Newegg several times over the past weeks.  Lowest I've seen is $90 delivered.

 

[Mr.Sneis]

So I found a used HSU STF-1 on eBay for $200 shipped and pulled the trigger.  It's a little more than I wanted to spend but I figure if I don't like it I could probably sell it locally and not take a loss.  The used subwoofer market in AZ on Craigslist is awful btw.
 
The plan is now I'm going to see how I like the NHT Super Zero's with sub vs a pair of active studio monitors.