Vandersteen Sub woofers v Rythmik Subs

bstatmeister: "Honestly I would rather buy an extra sub than a cross over - at least to start off with...lol"

    I have no experience with the Vandersteen crossovers discussed but I'm fairly certain that having 2 subs rather than just a single sub in your system, provided both subs are properly positioned, would result in a more significant and obvious overall system performance improvement than utilizing a high quality crossover would.  You could always add the crossover subsequently if you thought there was a need.  

Tim

Yeah, before the x-overs, would probably upgrade to the latest model 2 after I buy the 2 subs (my model 2Cs are pretty old at this point and will need to be put out to pasture in the next 5 years or so. I think at some point I will want the HP-5s, just trying to improve the most noticable things first.

" @noble100 and others interested in room acoustics: which other fora are you active in?

I'm interested in discussing and posting some measurements (which Agon doesn't allow) and would live to engage others who share that interest.

Cheers!"

Hello lewinskih01,

     Sorry for the delayed response, I just noticed your question today.
   
     First, by your 'Cheers!' sign-off, I inferred that you're an English brother. 
     Unfortunately, it appears we Americans often prefer the siimplest form of things both grammatically and presidentially. We typically employ 'forums' as the plural of 'forum' and only employ the original Latin 'fora' as the plural form when  we're referring to  the marketplaces or public places of an ancient  Roman city forming the center of judicial and public business.
     I realize there are other variances between English and American grammar.  For example, the majority of Americans describe our current president as an 'idiot' or 'dope' depending on region, while the majority of Englishmen likely describe him as a 'wanker'.
 To answer your question, however, I mainly participate on this forum for audio discussions but would recommend other forums, such as Audio Circle and DIY Audio, for subjects such as room acoustics discussed in more detail and scientifically. I participated and learned a lot about class D amps and in-room bass response on those fora. Doing a Google search on "room acoustics" would also prove useful.

Cheers!
 Tim

" @noble100 and others interested in room acoustics: which other fora are you active in?

I'm interested in discussing and posting some measurements (which Agon doesn't allow) and would live to engage others who share that interest."

Hi lewinskih01,

     Sorry about the late reply.  I responded earlier to your question but just realized my post was removed, probably by the moderator due to negative references to our president I threw into my response.
     The other forums I would recommend to you are Audio Circle and  DIY Audio.  I learned a lot on these sites at separate times in the past when I wanted to learn more about class D amps and in-room bass response.  I consider both of these sites to be more concerned with empirical data and a scientific approach than the generally more opinion based discussions on this site. 
      Doing a Google search on "home audio room acoustics" would likely also be useful. 

Cheers!
  Tim

As an audio fan and sound engineer/musician (over 5 decades and counting) there's a lot of practical info in my feeble brain, and I never take for granted where I place my mains or subs, so there's that. I've heard the "put the sub at the listening spot" thing before, and I've never had cables long enough to try that. I adjust these things a little anyway (mostly for level which is source dependent). Works for me. My new thing of being able to move the Q150e front firing sub is a revelation...I just slide it around within it's cable limits to tune it to whatever I am listening to, the other downfiring sub stays put.