Your sub experience: Easy or hard?

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.

@erik_squires

Since you seem to be new here 😁

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.

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 am sure you can figure it out.   

the hard part is deciding which one ( or how many to get) and size.

initial set up to sound good, was quick and easy...took some time to make fine adjustments, but not difficult, just listening and adjusting...then having a friend over so that one could listen while the other adjusted was a great help...all subs were REL...speakers were floor standers, monitors, and Magnepans (each in different systems)...

I am one of those DBA devotees and I feel that a distributed bass array, by its very nature, mitigates a lot of the difficulties inherent in single subwoofer integration.

Unlike single sub placement, it is almost impossible to screw up a DBA.

I didn't think it was to bad. I have a dedicated treated 11.5 x 14 room.

I have a pair of subs, moved them around the room while using REW to measure each position. Once I got the placement close to my liking I then used the on board adjustments of the sub and my Anthem ARC to dial it in. 

Getting them placed was a couple hours and tweaking them took longer but you'd expect that.