Hey! I need some help deciding on a speaker amp and a subwoofer. I have a pair of Micca MB42X’s right now, and I was looking to add some more bass to my desk setup. I have a cheap Kinter 2020a+ amp that distorts the audio at about 1/3 volume.
For a subwoofer, I was looking at something like a Micca MS12, BIC America F12, a Dayton 1200, MartinLogan Dynamo 300 etc… My room is about 12.5 by 12.5 feet (with a 4.5 by 5.7 “box” area for my door) and the ceilings are about 7.5 feet tall. I figured something like a 10 or 12 inch sub would suffice.
As for an amp, I was looking at something like the SMSL SA-50, or something like the SMSL AD18, just something that can get my Micca’s pretty loud without distortion (I think around 50 watts should be fine) I also just found the SMSL SA100, which seems like a solid amp.
I’m willing to spend about $200 on a subwoofer and around $100 on an amplifier. Any recommendations or pointers will be greatly appreciated, since I dont know what to buy. Thanks!
So personally, I would say a good bang for the buck subwoofer and amp setup would be a bic america f12 and a topping pa3 amplifier, I think that would work very nicely for your setup. Also you would have the power with the pa3 to upgrade to the rb42 later on if you wanted
Compared to higher end subs I would say so, but for the price I don’t really think I have many gripes with the sound tbh. The dynamo would be pretty nice too imo
I also have another question, I posted a thread on reddit just to get another opinion, and people there suggested the Dayton 1200’s with the pa3, my question is are the Daytons better that the BIC’s?