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Who has Luv for the Lyngdorf 2170 and is thinking about the 3400.

Hello All,
I’m coming up on 40 yrs in this hobby,and or obsession of ours,and I started with a pair of Khorns and Macintosh at the age of 12 and Offcourse owned a ton of different gear over the yrs.
I bought a 2170 a little more than 6 months ago and I enjoyed it so much that I quickly realized I don’t really need anything else,solid state,tubes,or even dac’s anymore.I could step off that silly merry go round of amplification and just enjoy music.I was able to utilize the extra money and time and put together a really great sounding network audio system that rivaled the best in analog that I have ever had,I was mainly a analog guy all of these yrs but finally gave it up,I even sold my longtime record collection of 3k records which included many Hot Stampers that I purchased and also several that I found on my own.

So who Luv’s the 2170 and is maybe also thinking about the new 3400.

Happy Listening,
Kenny.

kdude66
dancastagna
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Any one have experience with there BW-2 sub? or  Considering adding to a pair of Thiel 3.7's and run with 3400, Also thinking in my bed room running there FR-1 with pair of bw-2  Do you think the 3400 is over kill? my thought is down the line the 3400 can run more speaker options. My bed room has turned into the safe haven for LOUD play while wife is not home. (and not in bed room) :)  
 
skalyoncu
8 posts
 
@uberwaltz I am running 2170 with two subs. 
My set-up is basically: B&W 805 D2 and B&W ASW610XP on left and right side of the speakers.

I simply connected them to left and right analog output on the amplifier and then ran room perfect.  Works like a charm :)
That being said, I am happy to hear if others have experience trying other ways to set it up.

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uberwaltz
13,381 posts
 
I would likely take the analog outputs set to stereo mode IF I had 2 identical subs but I do not.
I have an old 8 inch sub and a newer 12 inch sub
So I have the analog output set to mono and take a mono out to a 2 way adapter to feed both subs with the same mono lf signal.
Then I use the gain and crossover on each sub to set to my taste having the basic crossover set at the 2170 at 90hz.

Not sure if it is best way but seems to give good enough results so far.
Still breaking the new speakers in so have not run anew room correction yet and I guess we will see another difference after that.
dancastagna
34 posts
 
Hi skalyoncu,  so the subs play stereo set up like that and all the cross over duty is now done in the 2170?  I bought a 3400 that wont be in till mid aug and the sub integration was at the top of list for me, but your the first one I have heard using. lot different than rep or shop telling me. I also bought into a pair of there subs. 




skalyoncu
8 posts
 
@dancastagna, yes.  Copy pasting from Lyngdorf's manual:
  1. Phase adjustment should be 0°. 
  2. The subwoofer cut-off frequency should be set to the highest possible frequency range. 
  3. Level should be set to 50% of maximum volume 

How did rep / shop recommend you do it?
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