Hello pkatsuleas,
I just wanted to give you a few tips I've learned about getting good in-room bass response over many years of personal research and, probably most useful, personal experience.
In general, 2 subs will perform about twice as well as 1 sub and 4 subs, configured in what's called a distributed bass array (DBA) system, will perform about twice as well as 2 subs. It's been scientifically proven, by acoustic experts such as Dr. Earl Geddes and Dr. Frank Toole among others, that any subs added beyond 4 will provide only smaller marginal increases in performance. This is the reason all in one DBA kits like the Audio Kinesis Swarm utilize 4 subs.
Atmasphere obviously understands this since he provided this
link to the AK Swarm system:
http://www.audiokinesis.com/
Here's a link to an Absolute Sound review of the Swarm which I found very accurate to my experiences using this product in my room and system:
https://www.theabsolutesound.com/articles/audiokinesis-swarm-subwoofer-system/
This will give you a good idea of what to expect if you decide to invest in a multiple award winning bass system.
Positioning of subs is critical to obtain optimum performance no matter how many subs utilized. I usually use and suggest using the crawl method (google it for a good description) since it works extremely well, requires no expensive and complicated equipment and it's free.
It's also very important to have variable volume, crossover frequency and phase controls on whatever subs or complete bass system you choose. For best integration of the bass with your main speakers, I've found it best to set the volume and crossover frequency controls as low as possible with the bass still sounding good to you (smooth, detailed and natural with realistic impact and dynamics that you can feel as well as hear.) The phase control should be 180 degree adjustable and set at the position that the bass sounds subjectively best to you.
Once you decide which sub or subs you want to buy, I can offer more detailed advice.
Later,
Tim
I just wanted to give you a few tips I've learned about getting good in-room bass response over many years of personal research and, probably most useful, personal experience.
In general, 2 subs will perform about twice as well as 1 sub and 4 subs, configured in what's called a distributed bass array (DBA) system, will perform about twice as well as 2 subs. It's been scientifically proven, by acoustic experts such as Dr. Earl Geddes and Dr. Frank Toole among others, that any subs added beyond 4 will provide only smaller marginal increases in performance. This is the reason all in one DBA kits like the Audio Kinesis Swarm utilize 4 subs.
Atmasphere obviously understands this since he provided this
link to the AK Swarm system:
http://www.audiokinesis.com/
Here's a link to an Absolute Sound review of the Swarm which I found very accurate to my experiences using this product in my room and system:
https://www.theabsolutesound.com/articles/audiokinesis-swarm-subwoofer-system/
This will give you a good idea of what to expect if you decide to invest in a multiple award winning bass system.
Positioning of subs is critical to obtain optimum performance no matter how many subs utilized. I usually use and suggest using the crawl method (google it for a good description) since it works extremely well, requires no expensive and complicated equipment and it's free.
It's also very important to have variable volume, crossover frequency and phase controls on whatever subs or complete bass system you choose. For best integration of the bass with your main speakers, I've found it best to set the volume and crossover frequency controls as low as possible with the bass still sounding good to you (smooth, detailed and natural with realistic impact and dynamics that you can feel as well as hear.) The phase control should be 180 degree adjustable and set at the position that the bass sounds subjectively best to you.
Once you decide which sub or subs you want to buy, I can offer more detailed advice.
Later,
Tim
