Do you think you need a subwoofer?

Hi Raul,

Can you guess if the side-firing woofers used by Coincident in their larger speakers would produce a similar effect? Their two largest models go down to 24 and 20 Hz, quite a bit lower than my B&W's. (As you know, we really have no space for subs located as you recommend.)

Regards,
Doug

Dear Doug: The asimmetry is with respect to the room boundaries ( side/behind walls ) not if the woofers are side firing.

In my case my subs are placed side firing but the right side sub has no simmetry with the left side: the right one is in an almost open boundary.

Anyway, I prefer the subs in side firing position over the front firing. The Coincident are very good speakers and like in the NHT speakers the Coincident has benefits from their side woofers firing, if one of your room side L/R is asimmetric against the other then you are done !!!.

Regards and enjoy the music.
Raul.

Thanks Raul.

Our room is also asymmetric in the L/R direction. The L speaker is a little over 1m from its side wall, the R speaker is over 2m. The furniture in each direction is different too, which should also help break up standing waves.

Both speakers are open to another room behind them. They have nearly 5m behind them and at least 3m in front, plenty of room to breath. I'm sure this contributes to our excellent soundstage depth, imaging and air.

It sounds like side-firing woofers could work very well in this setup, though we'd have to have to have them facing out. (Facing in would aim a woofer directly at the TT and amplifiers, not a good idea!)

Many thanks again for this excellent thread,
Doug

Dear Doug: " +++++(Facing in would aim a woofer directly at the TT and amplifiers, not a good idea!) " +++++

Well, it don't seems like a good idea but in my system both subs are facing my three TT's and I never detect any problem cause by the sub's. You have to try, I'm almost sure that you will not find problems about.

Regards and enjoy the music.
Raul.

Wow. Like you say, sometimes things that make no sense work fine while other things that make good sense fail. Try everything!