My experience adding subwoofers to 2 channel


My Kappa 9 speakers are rated to 29hz and they sound pretty good in my 18x24 room...powered by McIntosh mc1.25 amps...l was looking for another layer of bass to enhance the sound..my first experiment l took my SVS pb16 ultras from my theater room and tried them first...it sounded terrible,didn't blend well..couldn't hear a difference until you turned in up then it rattled the room apart........my final experiment worked..l used 4 Velodyne minivee subwoofers(1000 watt rms class D sealed 8 in.) and after hours of calibration l hit it......lve got the bass response that exeeded my expectations. ....l should have done this along time ago....can anybody tell me of another subwoofer that may work even better?
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avanti1960,

     You may want to try the 'room crawl method'.  Place your sub at your listening position, play some music with good and repetitive bass and walk around the perimeter of your room counter-clockwise starting at the front right corner.  Walk slowly listening for an exact spot where the bass sounds best to you (accurate, detailed and natural).  When you find this spot in your room, just move the sub to that position and verify the bass sounds good from your listening seat. You can use your RTA at this point for fine tuning if you'd like.
      If you prefer good bass response throughout your entire room, and not just at your listening seat, the only solution I'm aware of is a 4-sub DBA system.

Tim
I have recently added 2 more 21 inches subs to the existing 2 12 inches subs to my main speakers. I find that the system sound more engaging with just the 21 inches subs. Maybe the subs are out of phase with each other. I do not know how to integrate them.
"I have recently added 2 more 21 inches subs to the existing 2 12 inches subs to my main speakers. I find that the system sound more engaging with just the 21 inches subs. Maybe the subs are out of phase with each other. I do not know how to integrate them."

khiak,

     I think you're saying you have four total subs (two 21" subs and two 12" subs) and like the sound with just the two 21" subs and no 12" subs in your system.  Is this correct?

Tim