Velodyne Digital Drive Series subwoofer in stereo

I owned a DD-12 in a room 18x20x8 with one wall of sliding glass doors. Quite the sub but I replaced it with a DD-18. No comparison (nor should there be because of the cost). The 18" sub is just super with anything I use it for... movies or stereo listening. My thoughts are if your even thinking of two (2x the dollars) get the DD-18. Its increadible. Move it around a bit in the room if you can (have help!), find the sweet spot and then utilize the software to tune it to the room. This is one great subwoofer!

Better yet get two!

By the way... Velodyne has a pass through for a second sub built in to their DD series.

Hi Sailfishben,

A single DD15 or DD18 would be nice but I'm really interested in running two subs in stereo. When I say stereo, I don't mean two subs daisy chained to each other receiving the same LFE signal, but two subs receiving different left and right channel signals.

If money is relatively no object, go with the 12's.

My understanding is low frequency is basically non-directional so I'm wondering what the point is to use it in stereo? I know the sound stage created in my system has plenty of low end response and the low end seems to come from within the soundstage but certainly not from the corner of the room where the sub is actually located.

Wouldn't you have to run the speaker cables to the sub and then to the speakers, creating some long runs not to mention great expense for extra cabling? Although I wonder if you couldn't just use the r/l tape output (assuming they are not used already) letting the sub's crossover do its work on the signal.

Hi Sailfishben,

Well, I have never personaly experienced two subwoofers setup receiveing separate stereo signals. But I've heard from people who say it makes a big difference.

I figured I'd buy couple of subwoofers to try it out and A/B test it w/ a single subwoofer, and then sell the extra subwoofer if there is no significant difference.

As for actually hooking up cables, my McIntosh C45 preamp is perfect. For stereo inputs, it can simultaneously provide THREE (two XLR balanced, one unbalanced) outputs. I connect the preamp to my amp via XLR connection and will use the other L & R XLR outputs for the subwoofers.