Well, I am going to join the DBA Swarm club, will, let’s call it the “Magnum” Swarm club. Instead of 4 10” subwoofer driver cabinets, I am getting 4 12” subwoofer driver cabinets in 36”x14”x14” dimensions.
After speaking with James Romeyn about my room and equipment setup, my subwoofer experiences and experimentations over the years, and my listening preferences, the Swarm Magnum was the best option for me.
I am overwhelmingly curious to see what type of improvement and listening impressions, and affect it will have in my room. I have used Velodyne SMS1 EQ and Rives Audio professional measurement kit for years to dial in the bass. With the recent acquisition of my humongous Classic Audio T-5 Reference speakers, I found myself using less subwoofer bass due to the larger speakers excellent bass output capacity. But, and this is a big caveat, I am okay experimenting with the Swarm Magnum to evaluate its efficacy in my room and for my particular tastes.
For those listening sessions when you want to hear Aerosmith Back in the Saddle and crank the system up to hear the kick drum of that song, it’s glorious with lots of bass…no one at those loud music levels cares about stereo bass or mono bass, just the fact that you can jam out to this badass rock song. For more subtle music, such as Stevie Ray Vaughn, Tin Pan Alley, then, subtle rolling bass that is more articulate and defined makes a huge difference. Playing this song at louder volumes, I tend to want to be immersed in the music entirely with the bass enveloping you in a different way than the rock you this way that Back in the Saddle can do.
Because I straddle variety of genres of music, the Swarm Magnum seems like a solution that can solve my need for deep and loud bass zone with one song and not so much with another type of music as the Swarm Magnum is able to rise to the occasion without resorting to turning up each sub to get louder when I want to rock…just simply turn up the master volume and the bass should equally support the music, no matter the genre. Mind you, I have been utterly satisfied with my methods for years; however, after overwhelming positive feedback and the scientific approach that the DBA method uses to achieve satisfactory bass, I guess I should finally explore this in order to ensure that I am maximizing my listening pleasure.
After speaking with James Romeyn about my room and equipment setup, my subwoofer experiences and experimentations over the years, and my listening preferences, the Swarm Magnum was the best option for me.
I am overwhelmingly curious to see what type of improvement and listening impressions, and affect it will have in my room. I have used Velodyne SMS1 EQ and Rives Audio professional measurement kit for years to dial in the bass. With the recent acquisition of my humongous Classic Audio T-5 Reference speakers, I found myself using less subwoofer bass due to the larger speakers excellent bass output capacity. But, and this is a big caveat, I am okay experimenting with the Swarm Magnum to evaluate its efficacy in my room and for my particular tastes.
For those listening sessions when you want to hear Aerosmith Back in the Saddle and crank the system up to hear the kick drum of that song, it’s glorious with lots of bass…no one at those loud music levels cares about stereo bass or mono bass, just the fact that you can jam out to this badass rock song. For more subtle music, such as Stevie Ray Vaughn, Tin Pan Alley, then, subtle rolling bass that is more articulate and defined makes a huge difference. Playing this song at louder volumes, I tend to want to be immersed in the music entirely with the bass enveloping you in a different way than the rock you this way that Back in the Saddle can do.
Because I straddle variety of genres of music, the Swarm Magnum seems like a solution that can solve my need for deep and loud bass zone with one song and not so much with another type of music as the Swarm Magnum is able to rise to the occasion without resorting to turning up each sub to get louder when I want to rock…just simply turn up the master volume and the bass should equally support the music, no matter the genre. Mind you, I have been utterly satisfied with my methods for years; however, after overwhelming positive feedback and the scientific approach that the DBA method uses to achieve satisfactory bass, I guess I should finally explore this in order to ensure that I am maximizing my listening pleasure.