Choosing Sub-woofers. Please advise ASAP.

Hi Tim you know you can lead a horse to water but you cant make him drink . All i can say my system for the last 3 years was a DSP controlled stereo sub set up I thought I had good bass at least in my one listening spot . Now after hooking up two more REL subs I have great bass all over the room . The rule is three is mandatory and adding the fourth is the end game any more and its a waste .    

Hi enginedr1960,

  "Tim you know you can lead a horse to water but you cant make him drink "

  Exactly right.  My sense is that many agree with the DBA concept and want really good bass response in their rooms  but find it difficult to drink/accept the 4 subs in their rooms.  Understandable but you seem to have found a way to fit 4 Rel subs in your room and you're now enjoying the benefits of a custom DBA.  Which Rel subs are you using? 

  " The rule is three is mandatory and adding the fourth is the end game any more and its a waste ."    

     Have you tried using 3 subs in your room?  I went directly from 2 to 4 in my room and never even tried 3.  I know Dr. Geddes mentioned the use of 3 subs in his White Paper and I'm curious how close you found the results of using 3 subs came to the use of 4 in your room.

     I'm very glad to know at least 1 fellow Audiogon member has tried the DBA system and has firsthand experience with how well it actually works.

Congrats and enjoy,
      Tim 

Tim, you can't say that we can't talk about something again, because you don't want to.  That is a major part of my point. I agree that 4 subs is optimal.  You said you were out after your last thread that was pretty long.  Then you post again, so I guess you are still in??  Either way, it's not big deal.

Bottom line is that I have been asking a lot of my audiophile friends if they'd use 4 subs in their systems. Many have active Vandersteen's and they said they would't be able to fit them into the room due to many domestic reasons.  If you have full control over your room and feel you need to spend the extra money, that's awesome. Most don't.  Simple point and hard to argue against regardless of it sounding better.  

Not even really disagreeing with you too much. Only on a few points.  

Hi ctsooner,

     No problem, we're cool.

Tim

Tim, I know we are.  Wish I could get another set of subs, but I doubt I"ll need to.  :)