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Now I"m in a smallish bedroom of about 12x11 listening to low level classical.
I have two Paradigm subs that are basically parts and spare subs. One of moderate quality that came with a HT setup and the other that blew out the original plate amp and currently has a replacement plate amp sitting on top of it. Because it doesn't fit in the original box. So no high end stuff.
Surprise - it sounds pretty good. It seems to bring something extra out in the monitor speaker. I have them dialed in quite low so there is the least amount of impact. The room sonics "feel" more balanced and both speakers now seem to be in a better balance as well.
Me like and will tweak it out some more in the next few days.
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Placement?
Tried corner / middle yet?
Corner corner? (not the best IMO).
What's the plan man?
Cheers,
Presto
I simply put them under each speaker. Simple but it works. There was no way I could get a sub between the two speakers. And there was only one corner and that was partially blocked by a bed.
It's working out great.
I'd never go back to a single sub woofer.
Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups.
Your squarish room will necessarily have prominent room modes and having two subs should help to minimize them. Ideally, you would experiment widely with placement and measure the results.
If you have a smartphone, there are free SPL meter apps and test tones are available as well.
...Ralph, what's the cheapest way to get a frequency response readout at the listening position?
I have a Radio Shack SPL meter, but I use the Studio Six app for my iPhone/iPad. Click here for info.
While I use a series of bass test tones from the Stereophile Test CD Vol 1, you can download bass tones from a link provided courtesy of Tom Manley found here .
It is a native OGG file for computer playback, but can be transcoded to WAV if you wanted to burn a CD. If you'd like the spreadsheet I use for graphing the results, download it here . Note that it contains known corrections for the RS meter. You can edit or zero them out.
Happy measuring! Neutral bass just sounds better to me.
I used the exact same Stereophole test CD. I also used this setup to test my hearing 17 years ago, and I was pretty shocked. I heard nothing after the 10,000 Hz signal then, and I know it has worsened since.
I was shocked that I heard nothing over 10k as well. A friend of mine who is both an audiophile and a ENT doctor told me almost every one starts loosing that range in there 40's. I had no idea it was that early.
And he said that crap about "energy" above those frequencies is bull. You would need so much energy at 20k to make a sensory difference that it would be enough to start loosening your teeth fillings.
Not sure what is in your setup, but if your components do any type of low end EQ, your two sub setup will improve. DSpeaker is a company who makes subwoofer EQ devices for two subs.
Surprisingly, a non-audiophile sub, in the right system/room can provide an excellent listening experience. Keep me posted.
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