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Searching for matching(?) Subwoofer solution

Hi folks,

I have a relatively new setup in my home office (12' x 14' with hardwood floor) and am seeking recommendations for a subwoofer solution.

Speakers: Ologe 5
Preamp:    Bryston P26 
Amp:         Forte 1A
Budget:     Flexible but just want something to provide a good match for the above components.
Music:       Mostly Classical and Jazz.  Some rock, some fusion.
Source:     Well, that's something else I am seeking advice on too and will post under the appropriate discussion topic

Problem is none of the local Hi Fi shops here in the Boston area have any experience with, let alone heard of Ologe speakers.  Couldn't get any recommendations there.

Has anyone owned or at least listened to these speakers? Or any of the other Ologe speakers?
The Ologe site (http://www.ologe-acoustic.com/) features a subwoofer called Ologe 20 at USD $8550.  
Just wanted to look into alternatives before dropping over 8 grand on the Ologe 20.
 I am open to but don't know much about subwoofer swarms.

I am not looking for anything overkill.  Just a subwoofer solution to nicely complement my somewhat modest home office system.

Thanks,
H
hleeid
audiokinesis
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"It seems like your new system concept will probably work well not only in a variety of small rooms, but also some medium sized rooms."

The main speaker array has a lot more dynamic range than one is likely to use in a small room, so yeah the system should work well in a medium-sized room too. Virtually everything in speaker design being a juggling of tradeoffs, I did make a few in favor of small room optimization.

"Does it matter if the woofer is layed down horizontally on the floor?"  

Nope! I have several customers who use at least one Swarm unit on its side, sometimes on the floor, sometimes atop a book case.

"Leaning towards the DEBRA system since the (flatter?) profile woofers would probably take up less floor space."

Sounds good to me! (For the record, I don’t get a "kickback" on Debra sales.)

"Duke - are you building (or have built) a new sub array system for smaller rooms?"

Not yet, but shoot me a message or an e-mail if you’d like to exchange ramblings about tradeoffs.

Duke
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mijostyn
8,570 posts
 
Duke, I think what people are concerned with is the size of the subs in a small room. I'm sure you know all this already but using a smaller enclosure with the appropriate driver then digitally equalizing it may suit people with smaller rooms....as long as you have the power to do it. It is just like treating the room as a Honda Hatch Back:) Might be a good product for you.
audiokinesis
2,737 posts
 
"Duke, I think what people are concerned with is the size of the subs in a small room." 

That makes sense, but I don’t think I can offer a practical solution.

You see, in part because I’m a small company, my costs don’t scale down proportionate with enclosure size. So as I start shrinking the boxes I start to become less competitive with four small off-the-shelf subs.

Duke
clio09
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I've been using 4 small enclosures with 8" drivers in my room for a while. The low pass is EQed to 30 Hz, but not digitally. The concept came from the old Beveridge 2SW and it's RM-3 active crossover. Today I just built the first of 4 boxes with a 10" woofer where the low pass will be EQed to 24 Hz. The external dimensions of the enclosure are 14 x 14 x 7.5 (internally .542 cu. ft.). So not such a big footprint. I currently use a method of placement for the subs recommended mijostyn as he and I have Acoustats and this method works quite well with these speakers. I have used the distributed array placement as well. IMO both methods are very useful.
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mijostyn
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I hear you Duke but the market for smallish subs might be higher than you suspect. Most people do not have large rooms and wife do not like tripping over big boxes. I would not charge much less for them, whatever the difference in materials is. Four 8" drivers equalized and running in a smaller room should do just fine for many of us. The other way perhaps to deal with the aesthetics are to make them look like something other than a box. What about a cylinder, driver in the bottom slot loaded into the room? 
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