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In Reply to: Best choices for smallish room posted by jennconducts on August 12, 2012 at 12:20:10:
In a room about that size I was running 6.5" midbass / 1" tweet stand-mounts with a sub in the corner for years and it was excellent.
Most audiophiles poo poo a "2.1" system (sub/satellites) probably because they've never heard one properly set up before and also believe that "woofers integrate better when in the same cabinet as the midbass/mid speakers". This is a fallacy because the crossover point between woofer and mid is two to three octaves higher than the crossover point between subwoofer and satellite.
Most audiophiles add a sub to "get more bass" likely to compensate for monitors which do not have proper baffle step compensation. First clue of a speaker with no baffle step compensation is a design with a 90db sensitivity tweeter where the final speaker sensitivity is 90db. (Low sensitivity speakers that are 84 or 85 db sensitive are often the ones with proper baffle step compensation.
So, I think that users poo-pooing subs were trying to do baffle step compensation (or some abberation of it) cranking the crossover frequency of their sub from 45-60 (where it belongs) to 120-200Hz (where it doesn't belong) and OF COURSE this will have a very detrimental effect on imaging with very obvious placement cues of the sub.
A sub crossed over between 40 and 65hz actually has BETTER integration possibilities than any sub frequencies being created by a floor stander for the sole reason a floor stander needs to be in a specific location that benefits every part of the audible bandwidth EXCEPT for sub frequencies.
2.1 is the way to go if you want deep full bass without compromising the location of your main (satellite) speakers.
Cheers,
Presto
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