Subwoofers and Crossovers.


My system is Cary DMS-550 / Luxman L-507uxii / Spendor D7.2

 

After researching I decided to add an active crossover and two stereo subs to the system.

 

  1. I am looking at JL Audio CR-1 as the crossover.  This will take the pre-out from the Luxman and feed mains-in and setup the Luxman as separates. Is there anything else that I should look at?  I am only looking at analog solutions.
  2. After looking a REL, Rythmic, SVS, Martin Logan and JL, I am leaning towards getting two JL Dominion D110s.  Would these subs be sufficient or should I be getting JL E110s? I won’t be using the internal crossovers, so primary concern is fidelity.
  3. If I am unable to treat the room properly, I may be introducing a DSP solution just for the subwoofers.

 

I am looking for some advice from people who have walked this path before me on both the active crossover and the quality of D110s. 

I would appreciate any advice on this process of integrating subwoofers into a two channel audio system.

dimbhaka

Will report on my experience once I get the SHD and subs in place.  I am still vacillating between Rythmik FM8 and JL D110.

You might want to check out the SVS Pro series. They have an app that’s really pretty good so you can adjust everything from your listening position with having to get up and down over and over until you have it the way you want it to sound. 
 

All the best.

JD

@curiousjim thanks for suggesting SVS. As I am planning on adding miniDSP SHD, which has crossover and Dirac Live, I am looking at sub that have minimal processing.

No problem,

 I was just thinking, that if you have purchased the minidsp and the Dirac software, they would be a place to start.

Hey, let us know your thoughts about what you end up with.

JD