Why I'm not adding a sub to my 2-way monitors for music

@steveashe

Agree on that. Do the same. Run front speakers (Salon 2’s) full range and adding a velo 15 dd+ to that. The velo goes a little deeper and gives more distortion free spl at lower freq. Gives the opportunity to easily adjust the support from the sub to the recording (or movie). Some recordings need and some music can take more bass. The best of two worlds and not so much talked about. All speakers eq’ed to the room with a combination of Dirac and Roon.

after i sold my horse and buggy, i set eyes on delivering meself from the tryranny of a DBA... als, i am still hostage ... yet we sleep, we dream of bass ...

Steveashe, good to know the M30.1 has worked out for you. The 30.1 certainly does not go too deep in the bass, reaching down to 50 Hz on paper which in my book is inadequate. Although my current Marten Dukes go down to 38 Hz, I still added a sub to the speakers. I am happy to report that the integration of the sub in my system is quite seamless as well.

I attribute the successful implementation to 2 main factors - positioning of the sub which is of utmost importance, and secondly, isolating the sub with proper isolation product. Placing the sub on spikes or directly on the floor without spikes is a rather serious compromise as I have just found.

PS - I heard Debussy's La Mer, LA Philharmonic last night.  Simply an outstanding presentation with deep (for non-Organ) bass notes throughout.  Outstanding.

I also heard tracks from the Hsu/Boston Audio Society that had deep organ notes.  I could see the woofers moving, but to be honest, they were pushing rope!

So, for sure, there are limits to the performance of a 6.5" mid-woofer, but as a lifestyle choice this is an outstanding setup for a small simple system.

PPS - I'm waiting on a rack from Butcher Block Acoustics and after that I am planning on adding a subwoofer, stand by for that post! :)