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.

erik_squires

@phusis , Right, all the cross overs you'll ever need right in your preamp. Fully programmable, nothing between the amp and the driver. 

@mijostyn --

Basically it's what I have now (i.e.: fully programmable and nothing between the amp and the driver), but as an all-in-one unit this beautifully realized (or so it certainly seems) it's an item I'd like to acquire for sure. 

@phusis  I though I was going to get a Trinnov Amethyst until this came along. The Trinnov's bass management is too basic and does not give the kind of flexibility I am use to. I have asked for the DEQX Pre8 manual so I can get an idea how it is programmed and will choose once I see it. If DEQX continues to organize things as they have in past units, the new ones will be fine. In trying to make the situation as simple as possible, some companies are making it impossible to fine tune a system. The other problem with the Trinnov is that it does not have a USB audio input. The DEQX has one.

@mijostyn --

Please let me know what you find out when having gone through the Pre8’s manual. I have no experience with the previous line(s) of DEQX units, nor the Trinnov Amethyst for that matter, but learning of your findings would certainly give me a bearing on whether to seriously consider the Pre8 as a future acquisition. My Xilica digital XO has given me a taste of flexibility and rather elaborate settings to work from, so I wouldn’t want to give that up with a new unit either. Connectivity range with the Xilica is a bit limited though, so seeing that being given a boost wouldn't hurt, and fortunately the Pre8 has that to offer. 

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