The first time with subs was not great. I got into home theatre once (not sure why, maybe I hit my head and thought it was a good idea haha) but the sub was too big, too bulky and ported. It never really meshed with HT or audio. The 2nd time was strictly for stereo and it went together much better. I had a better designed sub, non ported, better acoustics in another room and it sounds superb. I think my planning and integration was better. The 2nd sub was Rythmik and the first was SVS. Also I ditched all the advice that stated "you must tune the sub to your room acoustics by measuring and adjusting and measuring some more". I did my tuning by ear and it sounds fantastic.
Your sub experience: Easy or hard?
For those of us with subwoofers, I'm curious whether you thought integrating it was easy or difficult. That's it.
Of course, lots of DBA people will chime in. No problem but please ask that everyone stay on topic. If you want to discuss all the pro's and cons of DBA take it to a brand new thread. Thank you.
The focus here is just to ask how many people had easy or difficult times and what you thought was the difference.
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My older REL Britannia B1 wasn't hard at all since it was set very low to run with full range speakers. And it has plenty of adjustments for fine tuning. Other subs have been a bit more difficult. I'm now close to a DBA person with three sealed SVS subs doing a very good job in my room. But, for one single seating position, I'm not positive they top the B1 set properly on its own. |
@riley804 - Since you seem to be new here 😁 I like to talk about subjects that don't necessarily impact my system right now. It makes the place more interesting than just talking about future purchases. Also, I have used a sub in my stereo, but right now it's over on my HT. I'm pro sub in general, my posts about why I chose not to use one right now is more about showing how rooms work and how much more important measurements are than specs. Please don't read this as a cry for help. I'm genuinely looking to ask the community how hard a time they have had with subs. My assumption is it's relatively hard but by asking others I get feedback to validate or refute them. |
I auditioned a REL T/9X in my system. Once I understood, that in my particular set up, the subwoofer needed to be plugged into the power conditioner, it was very straightforward. Getting the level and the crossover just right took a few days but the result was well worth the time I spent. It made for a very nice addition to my system. |
definitely not new here 😀. i read what goes on here and i just don’t feel the need that i need to reply to every post on here.
i am sure you can figure it out.
the hard part is deciding which one ( or how many to get) and size.
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