Mission M70as Sub any good ?

[maonayze]

Hi All

I was thinking of getting a subwoofer to go with my Mission M74's, M7ds, M7c1. Does anyone know if the M70as woofer that was obviously designed for this setup is any good, or if anyone can point me to any reviews It would be very appreciated.

Also, if anyone has any suggestions on any other subs in the £150 - £250 price bracket.

Thanks very much

Mark

:D

[Neon]

I've got the same speakers and I was looking at the M7AS or AS2 as well. Like you I couldn't find anything about them, but after seeing that the M7AS has only one 8" speaker (the AS2 has 2), I decided to look around for alternatives (too many unknowns). I looked at the Yamaha YST320, which gets good reviews, but there is a discrepancy in the power requirements and claimed power. Yamaha say it's 250W, but the power requirements are only 60W, which leads me to believe that Yamaha are quoting the 1960's "peak music power" value (basically 4 x RMS power).

In the end I read hundreds of reviews of every sub in the £150 to £250 price bracket and plumped for the PDR-10, which gets good reviews for music and home cinema (£150 from Richer - stores only).

I am very pleased with the results, although it does need careful positioning and setting up, as there's no separate phase control.

[maonayze]

Thanks for the reply, Neon
Sorry, but I have been Ill (hence the delay with this reply).

You seem to have run into the same problems as I have. A big lack of info on the Mission sub. I too have been impressed with the reviews of the PDR-10 and more so of the PS-1000.

I am relatively new to the home cinema thing and was wondering what this phase control etc. was all about??

Anyway, thanks again


Mark

[Neon]

There seem to be few postings about the M7AS(2) now, so if you're going to go down that route, there should be some info around.

The PS1000 gets good reviews for HC use, but not music - and I wanted one for both duties.

You could look at the REL range - the Q150 gets excellent reviews. If you want Paradigm and have £400 to spare, the Servo-15 gets rave reviews (even recently, for such an old design) and promises stomach-churning, plaster-cracking bass.

[MikeK]

Originally posted by Neon
There seem to be few postings about the M7AS(2) now, so if you're going to go down that route, there should be some info around.

The PS1000 gets good reviews for HC use, but not music - and I wanted one for both duties.

You could look at the REL range - the Q150 gets excellent reviews. If you want Paradigm and have £400 to spare, the Servo-15 gets rave reviews (even recently, for such an old design) and promises stomach-churning, plaster-cracking bass.


The M70as is a new design, and uses a 10" driver.
It's the older M7as1 and M7as2 which use 8" driver(s).

I have a Paradigm PS1000.
It's good for movies, but to be honest, for music, it's not really my cup of tea - too soft and "bloaty" - which is why I only use it for movies. (plus the fact that I'm not a basshead for music, and also have another system in another room for music)

But with a pair of M74s, do you really need a subwoofer for music use - they should be more than capable enough on their own in that department, unless you are a real bass head.
Would probably need a bit of help for real low end LFE on movies, but that's all.

One word of caution on the PS1000 - while it can really rattle the windows (seriously), it has 3 large ports on it's rear panel.
This makes it somewhat tricky to place in the room, as if you put those ports too close to a rear wall, it gets very boomy. It's also physically quite large.
If you want a sub you can stuff right in the corner of the room, out of the way, I'd look elsewhere (and I'd probably look at a sealed box design). But if you can give it some space, it's a very good sub for movies, at the price.
That said, since I bought mine, there's quite a few newcomers around now at similar prices (such as the M70as for one), so it may well be worth checking them out.

[Neon]

:confused: I need to get my eyes tested. Why didn't anyone stop me waffling?