Elate wrote: "I have been reading alot lately about the DBA thing, and without even trying it, I am positive that it will be the best thing for me."
You must be pretty good at wrapping your head around new ideas, because the idea that four subs spread around the room = QUALITY instead of merely QUANTITY is fairly counter-intuitive.
Elac: "... the high level speaker input which I will need for hooking up to my vintage integrated amp..."
It is possible to make a passive "voltage divider network" which would derive a line-level signal from your integrated amp’s speaker-level signal. I assume REL subs have a built-in voltage divider network which performs this function. In other words you are not necessarily limited to subs which have speaker-level inputs.
Elate: " Will 4 lower end subs work for enhancing my system or do I need to go higher up in the chain as far as quality is concerned? "
Assuming your requirements are not exceptionally demanding in SPL capability or low-end extension, you probably don’t need four top-of-the-line subs. The SVS SB2000 looks good to me; imo the SB1000 would probably need EQ.
@williewonka wrote: "What do you hope to gain with 4 subs? why not just two subs?"
Imo the advantage of four subs over two subs is, smoother in-room response. And "smooth bass" = "fast bass". As a ballpark rule of thumb, the more intelligently-distributed bass sources in a room, the smoother the in-room bass. So two subs are potentially about twice as smooth as one; four subs are potentially about twice as smooth as two; and eight subs are grounds for a divorce.
Roberjerman wrote: "I know both the Cornwall and Heresy well. Sure, they play really loud - but sound overly bright... Adding subs will not improve the sound."
Imo adding subs can in some cases significantly improve the sound of bright speakers.
You can think of the tonal balance of a speaker system as a see-saw with the balance point at about 700 Hz. Brightness is a symptom of too much "weight" north of 700 Hz. By adding more "weight" well south of 700 Hz, subs can improve the overall spectral balance.
Subs can’t actually fix problems north of the subwoofer region of course, but if a speaker is good except for a lack of energy in the bottom octave or two, subs can be very helpful.
Imo, ime, ymmv, etc.
Duke
kinda into that four-sub thing
You must be pretty good at wrapping your head around new ideas, because the idea that four subs spread around the room = QUALITY instead of merely QUANTITY is fairly counter-intuitive.
Elac: "... the high level speaker input which I will need for hooking up to my vintage integrated amp..."
It is possible to make a passive "voltage divider network" which would derive a line-level signal from your integrated amp’s speaker-level signal. I assume REL subs have a built-in voltage divider network which performs this function. In other words you are not necessarily limited to subs which have speaker-level inputs.
Elate: " Will 4 lower end subs work for enhancing my system or do I need to go higher up in the chain as far as quality is concerned? "
Assuming your requirements are not exceptionally demanding in SPL capability or low-end extension, you probably don’t need four top-of-the-line subs. The SVS SB2000 looks good to me; imo the SB1000 would probably need EQ.
@williewonka wrote: "What do you hope to gain with 4 subs? why not just two subs?"
Imo the advantage of four subs over two subs is, smoother in-room response. And "smooth bass" = "fast bass". As a ballpark rule of thumb, the more intelligently-distributed bass sources in a room, the smoother the in-room bass. So two subs are potentially about twice as smooth as one; four subs are potentially about twice as smooth as two; and eight subs are grounds for a divorce.
Roberjerman wrote: "I know both the Cornwall and Heresy well. Sure, they play really loud - but sound overly bright... Adding subs will not improve the sound."
Imo adding subs can in some cases significantly improve the sound of bright speakers.
You can think of the tonal balance of a speaker system as a see-saw with the balance point at about 700 Hz. Brightness is a symptom of too much "weight" north of 700 Hz. By adding more "weight" well south of 700 Hz, subs can improve the overall spectral balance.
Subs can’t actually fix problems north of the subwoofer region of course, but if a speaker is good except for a lack of energy in the bottom octave or two, subs can be very helpful.
Imo, ime, ymmv, etc.
Duke
kinda into that four-sub thing