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Improving sub quality

I am close to pulling the trigger on a REL B3 sub, and wanted to know if anyone has noticied an improvement with replacing the stock footers (plastic) with a high grade cone/spike? I did hear a difference with switching out the stock PC, so maybe cones/spikes will make a difference too? Sub is on low-medium depth carpet.
Thanks,
Mark
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semi
649 posts
 
Keep in mind the new Brittania woofer is front mounted. Like all speakers with front mounted woofers, using spike WILL improve the coupling of speaker to the floor and prevent the drivers from shaking the whole box and smear the sound. Subwoofers are less sensitive to time and image smear, but you will still gain pitch and speed by rigidly couple the sub to the floor.

Old ST series do not benefit from spikes, but that is NOT true with the new B series.
seandtaylor99
1,262 posts
 
KGveteran, I'm glad it worked out for you. If aesthetics permits you might want to try placing the sub non-centered, following the Cardas placement rules at

http://www.cardas.com/content.php?area=insights&content_id=26&pagestring=Room+Setup

This placement was designed to minimize standing waves, and I figured if it works for the main speakers it ought to work for a single sub .... and I've found it does work, very well.
seandtaylor99
1,262 posts
 
Semi's point is a very good one. It would make sense to me that a front firing sub would behave very differently to a down-firing sub.

I find it interesting that the B-series are advertised on Sumiko's site, but there's no mention of them on REL's home page. Are they designed only for the US market ?
UK and US requirements are a bit different, due to the larger rooms in the US.
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