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P.I.:

--- Quote from: doug s. on July 29, 2021, 09:09:54 PM ---it may be counter intuitive, but you will actually get better results, and less likelihood of overloading your room with a pair (or even two pairs) of properly set up subs.  and active crossovers also help a lot, freeing the mains and their amp(s) from seeing the lowest frequencies.  i've also found that, (in spite of bass supposedly being non directional below ~80hz), the fact is soundstaging is better w/stereo subs.

doug s,

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I am all about the subwoofer swarm to even out room response.  They don't gave to be big, just good subs.

tmazz:

--- Quote from: doug s. on July 29, 2021, 09:09:54 PM ---it may be counter intuitive, but you will actually get better results, and less likelihood of overloading your room with a pair (or even two pairs) of properly set up subs.  and active crossovers also help a lot, freeing the mains and their amp(s) from seeing the lowest frequencies.  i've also found that, (in spite of bass supposedly being non directional below ~80hz), the fact is soundstaging is better w/stereo subs.

doug s,

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The imaging is better because even though the crossovers get rid of most of the signal above the bass region some still slips in and if you have one sub they you have some summed mono lower mid-range leaking into a speaker that is not close to where at least one of the L & R speakers are, which messes up your imaging. You can somewhat reduce the effect somewhat by try to place the sub in a spot that is equidistant to both speakers, but it is better still if there are two subs placed in a somewhat L&R stereo position which  keeps the leaded signals closer to the places they are supposed to be coming out of, i.e. your L & R speakers. it is always a balancing act between the spots where the subs themselves sound best and the spot that makes the rest of the system sound it's best.

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