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Reddit mentions of ELAC S8 Debut 100 Watt 8" Powered Subwoofer by Andrew Jones (DS81-BK)
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Reddit mentions: 9
We found 9 Reddit mentions of ELAC S8 Debut 100 Watt 8" Powered Subwoofer by Andrew Jones (DS81-BK). Here are the top ones.
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- Connect the subwoofer to your receiver, put it anywhere in the room and Plug it in.
- Bottom firing driver in an elegant cabinet
- Add the debut S8 powered subwoofer to your main speakers and hear the bass you never knew existed
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Specs:
Color | Black |
Height | 14.2 Inches |
Length | 12.2 Inches |
Number of items | 1 |
Weight | 19 Pounds |
Width | 12.2 Inches |
Monoprice has two small 8" subs -
a really cheap $60 USD sub
...and
a better quality "premium" sub for $90 USD
Klipsch has a little 8" sub too - I grabbed one when a local store (Frys) had it on promo code sale for $118 - but that may be hard to find at that price where you are.
You can find others around - Massdrop has the 8" and 10" Pioneer / Andrew Jones subs on sale right now for $90 & $190 respectively
Amazon has the Elac S8 "debut" sub for $150 - don't know if thats the best deal or not.
Amazon also has the JBL Arena S10 (10") sub for $109 - this sells for $199-$299 most places.
Parts-Express has Dayton & BIC
https://www.parts-express.com/dayton-audio-sub-800-8-80-watt-powered-subwoofer--300-627
https://www.parts-express.com/bic-v-80-8-subwoofer-100-watts--303-460
Keep in mind, some of these don't have high level speaker inputs
We can go this route too.....
Front L/R, Center, Sub and a pair of these for the rears. Will sound better than any of these all in ones.
>to the DAC or the pre-amp out of the Vali?
Try both, listen to find out if you hear a difference.
For Klipsch, there are the previous versions on sale, 5.25" RP-150M $289 or 6.5" RP-160M $349.
Subwoofers:
The good ones are Rythmik, SVS, HSU, REL, RSL.
12"
10"
$399$179.$399$199.$349$199.8"
$189$99 or ELAC S8 Debut 100$189$89.$399$199.https://www.amazon.com/MartinLogan-Dynamo-300-Discontinued-Manufacturer/dp/B004LRPXAU
https://www.amazon.com/Debut-Powered-Subwoofer-Andrew-DS81-BK/dp/B0774KV6YT
Four won't even work. Music will only come out of the front two anyways. And if they're good enough, it will be immersive anyways.
Okay ouch two speakers and a sub is a tight budget, but I know just the stuff.
Fluance Signature Series. Front ported, so you can put them up against a wall or whatever. Placement doesn't matter as much as something with a rear port.
Elac subwoofer. If you haven't been researching speakers, there's a good chance you've never heard of elac, or Andrew Jones. If you know your stuff about speakers, you'll know Andrew Jones. He's basically the rock star of the speaker designing world.
That will be a very good $300 setup.
Yes, but.
It's hard to tell how straightforward this may be. Due to the input to the sub from the console, it probably switches everything. You would most likely need to get in there, and remove all of the switching circuitry, so one of the inputs goes straight to the amp. Then you could use a splitter to send the signal to both the speakers and the sub (I'm assuming the Edifiers are powered, not passive).
But then, is it really worth it? You can get a much better budget sub, for example the Dayton Audio SUB-1000 for $120, that will be much nicer. Some other (smaller/cheaper) budget subs to consider would be the DA SUB-800, and the ELAC S8 Debut for about $100.
Finally, you might be interesting in building your own sub. Paul Carmody designed an excellent tiny sub that you can build for about $70 IIRC, called the Voxel.
Sony SSCS3
SMSL AD18 amp
little elac subwoofer
it's not over killing the sound it's getting better sound quality, good doesn't equal loud. Just saying those speakers you're looking at aren't special and your budget could get you far better speakers in terms of quality. For example
You could get 2 pair (4 speakers)
https://www.amazon.com/ELAC-Debut-Bookshelf-Speakers-Black/dp/B07B4Q5587
Here's a center
https://www.amazon.com/ELAC-Debut-Center-Speaker-Black/dp/B07B4VCT99
sub
https://www.amazon.com/Debut-Powered-Subwoofer-Andrew-DS81-BK/dp/B0774KV6YT
It's just a bit over budget but here's Andrew Jones designed speakers, look them up on youtube for reviews on the ELAC Debut 2.0 B6.2 Bookshelf Speakers.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLvodAEiveA