Shadorne has a great point. Another thing I found during the Maggie subwoofer debacle is that Maggies seem to be very linear in output power (or sound pressure) relative to input power from the amplifier.
Subs (and most dynamic speakers in my experience), tend to
be more logrithmic, which happens to be more like the way we hear. Not that the comparison between panels and dynamic speakers is bad, just that they are different.
That difference seems to lead to an imbalance between
panel level and sub level with different source material
and differences in recording levels and different levels in individual songs. I found myself getting driven crazy adjusting the sub volume versus panel level even within
1 song or when I changed albums. That level problem even more than the dissimilar speaker mating problem led me to give up on the process and just listen to the panels full range.
Best of luck, I hope you have better results in your quest.
An electronic crossover is helpful, but has other issues that seem to go along with it (phas and staging issues mostly).
RFG
Subs (and most dynamic speakers in my experience), tend to
be more logrithmic, which happens to be more like the way we hear. Not that the comparison between panels and dynamic speakers is bad, just that they are different.
That difference seems to lead to an imbalance between
panel level and sub level with different source material
and differences in recording levels and different levels in individual songs. I found myself getting driven crazy adjusting the sub volume versus panel level even within
1 song or when I changed albums. That level problem even more than the dissimilar speaker mating problem led me to give up on the process and just listen to the panels full range.
Best of luck, I hope you have better results in your quest.
An electronic crossover is helpful, but has other issues that seem to go along with it (phas and staging issues mostly).
RFG