Dual Subwoofer Placement

Hello DB,

     Makes perfect sense to me.


Best wishes,
     Tim

Years ago I took a cue from Pierre Spray (Mapleshade) regarding sub placement. I've experimented lots since. In (my room) I love them inside of the main speakers. I can actually tell a big difference positioning them as little as 1/4".

I need to get a life.

No I don't, I love my life!

Tim,

I'm thinking about using the pair of Velodyne HGS-15s to supplement the six KEF LS50s I use for HT -- the big subs are great for LFE, and add another pair of HGS-10s to supplement the KEF Reference 1s with a distributed bass array for stereo.  Both setups will use SMS-1 bass managers.  What do you think?

db   

Hello dbphd,

     I think you should try it and find out what you think.  I'm completely certain that a single setup of 4 subs in a distributed bass array configuration will perform equally extremely well for both stereo music and HT because I've been doing it for years now. 
     It's also very convenient having them combined but it takes a bit of noodling and planning.  For some reason, you seem to have always wanted to treat them separately but I think that's a mistake.
      But regardless, I always wish you the best and I'm always willing to help you out as much as I can.

Later,
 Tim

Tim,

We use the HT setup mostly for Cox Cable.  The Bryston SP3 processor, NAD M22 amp, KEF LS50 speakers, and Velodyne HGS-15 subs are used for energy efficiency. The Ayre KX-5/20 preamp and KV-5/20 amp are used with the QX-5/20 for Roon and DX-5 DSD for discs where audio quality is paramount.  The KEF Reference 1s are supplemented by two Velodyne HGS-10s, (likely to be expanded to four).  They are separate setups with separate goals: energy efficient v audio quality.

db