What sounds good to me is what's optimal in my system.
Your experience of moving to two subs
Hi all, I have a 2.1 system with the sub sounding best in the center between the loudspeakers. My speakers have substantial, deep, and detailed bass for their size and with the SS amp I’ve chosen. Thus, the sub’s optimal crossover setting is only at about 28hz. I have plenty of bass amplitude going on -- don’t need "more" bass.
I’m wondering about soundstage effects of having two subs on the outsides of my speakers, though. Having my sub in the center does result in some apparent compression of the low frequencies towards the low-center area. The L and R channels from my preamp are combined at my sub. I know some people may disagree and think that the source of frequencies below 60hz can’t be located by human hearing, but my experience tells me differently.
Does anyone have an opinion on the benefits of 2 subs vs only 1 when there’s no need for more bass oompf?
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tis true, as one of the youtube heads say... ’’ all that matters is that you like the sound of your own system’’ or something to that effect what gets a little more complicated, and perhaps interesting, is when we get the itch to try to IMPROVE our system.... how do we go about doing that? some ask others for advice, some tinker with their existing gear and room, some try to measure to understand what might be going on as a way to shed light on potential avenues of improvement, and some just go and buy new stuff on a trial and error basis we all enjoy the process differently, think differently, arrive at conclusions differently on how to improve, what to do next... ... and @hilde45 ... good analogy on the hvac vents in a room... i like it, it works!!! |
I moved from one good REL B1 to three total and then four subs (all set 60 or lower) and when set up properly I do enjoy it more, like most. If one can 'hear' and localize deep bass I might suggest the overtones or a second order sub crossover getting in the way. I believe something is heard, not the deep stuff though. The four subs I have are not set so loud or set so high as to ever know where they are for me. The 'air' and additional horsepower are nice additions. Good luck and good idea on trying out the SVS SB-2000 as a test (I have two of those and an SB-3000).
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