@millercarbon ... trust me, it’s way too tight for a DBA in my room. As I read the comments here and think about what has happened, I’ve concluded that a subwoofer is not necessary in every application where a 2 way speaker is used. That was a mistake on my part.
Plainly, room size and treatment play a significant role in subwoofer effectiveness. Sure, I could run the sub in parallel from a second preamp out, but all that does is duplicate the signal going to the power amp and eliminates the xover altogether. Since the Pulsars go down to about 41 Hz, bass is plentiful for me (generally, no low Hz organ notes in my rock/jazz listening). Thus, running in parallel wouldn’t seem to improve things much.
So, I’m back to square one. I’ll keep listening without the sub for a while and, if this sonic improvement holds up through various genres and recordings, then I’ll likely sell the sub. It’s a very nice JL Audio e110, so I don’t think it should be too hard to move.
Plainly, room size and treatment play a significant role in subwoofer effectiveness. Sure, I could run the sub in parallel from a second preamp out, but all that does is duplicate the signal going to the power amp and eliminates the xover altogether. Since the Pulsars go down to about 41 Hz, bass is plentiful for me (generally, no low Hz organ notes in my rock/jazz listening). Thus, running in parallel wouldn’t seem to improve things much.
So, I’m back to square one. I’ll keep listening without the sub for a while and, if this sonic improvement holds up through various genres and recordings, then I’ll likely sell the sub. It’s a very nice JL Audio e110, so I don’t think it should be too hard to move.