In Reply to: Sub integration - please evaluate (SPL graph attached) posted by VynylTap on January 12, 2009 at 19:43:26:
I played around some more this evening. This is as good as I think I'm going to get it - Phase 270 and volume @ 15 seems to get me as good as I'm going to get. The thick blue line is no sub, the dashed orange line is what I settled on (40hz cross -as low as it will go- and 270 phase and volume @15).
Don't get me wrong - I prefer how it sounds with the sub than without, it fills in the kick-drum and string bass on my jazz and rock very nicely without seeming to impact the sound of the Three's in a negative way, which was the aim of integrating it. My room situation is temporary (a 14x14 square room with lots of furniture in it), thank goodness, and I'll have an 11x16x9 dedicated room in the near future.
I guess what I'm looking at is input on how bad or good the dashed 270 line is on the graph. I understand, Richard, that the method I'm using is not the best but it's what I've got available to me (a RatShack meter and a Stereophile CD).
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Follow Ups
- Update with better graph and other phases - VynylTap 16:42:03 01/13/09 (7)
- Good evidence that a small square room is bad for bass - Richard BassNut Greene 09:28:17 01/14/09 (3)
- Yep - what kind of problems should I expect with my new room? - VynylTap 17:13:15 01/14/09 (2)
- Do you have any flexibility with the room dimensions? ... - andyr 18:16:12 01/15/09 (1)
- Not much, if any. - VynylTap 11:33:47 01/16/09 (0)
- RE: Update with better graph and other phases - soulfood 07:52:32 01/14/09 (0)
- RE: Update with better graph and other phases - David Aiken 19:37:30 01/13/09 (1)
- Awesome post - thanks - VynylTap 06:43:16 01/15/09 (0)