Two is better than one

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Posted by BigguyinATL (M) on September 2, 2014 at 10:17:19

In Reply to: Dual subwoofer vs. single posted by LineSource on August 27, 2014 at 09:23:00:

With the Dipole Planars - I use MMG's - set them at the sides of the room at the "Nulls" at the side of room. much better integration than beside the planar. The reason the two subs always sound better is that the Room modes effects can be minimized.

With my experience the cost is not a concern; that is two $200 Subs is far better than one $500 sub; two $700 Subs better than one $1500 Sub. also note that the subs do not have to match.

You can feed a mono LP signal into each sub - like is usual from an AV receiver (I've never seen one output Stereo - even if it has two Sub Outs)
Or you can send the signals broadband out of your preamp/amp and use the plate amp or a dedicated amplifier with built in crossover. Most the time - even with Planars - better to also High Pass the main speaker signals. Many will argue otherwise here.

Also do not be afraid to experiment with 80Hz and higher crossover points - I just set up a system with 6 MMG-W speakers (three pair) and three subs. The side subs were set up at L&R stereo with a crossover at 125Hz seamlessly. The rear sub (For aesthetic reasons, no front sub was used) was added then to the mix using the traditional 80 Hz crossover point.

Regarding the positioning of the sub woofers - theory and measurements (for whatever they are worth in the AA) say corners should be avoided with slightly off center side and front/back wall placement preferred.

"The hardest thing of all is to find a black cat in a dark room, especially if there is no cat" - Confucius

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Topic - Dual subwoofer vs. single - LineSource 09:23:00 08/27/14 (14)

Two is better than one - BigguyinATL 10:17:19 09/02/14 (1)

RE: Two is better than one - LineSource 12:01:34 09/02/14 (0)

Anti-Node 8033 - Ozzie 16:20:15 08/31/14 (1)

RE: Anti-Node 8033 - LineSource 12:03:45 09/02/14 (0)

RE: Dual subwoofer vs. single - Satie 01:59:20 08/28/14 (7)

RE: Dual subwoofer vs. single - LineSource 08:09:34 08/28/14 (6)

RE: Dual subwoofer vs. single - pictureguy 12:53:25 08/29/14 (0)

RE: Dual subwoofer vs. single - JBen 20:55:40 08/28/14 (0)

RE: Dual subwoofer vs. single - Satie 10:18:42 08/28/14 (3)

RE: Dual subwoofer vs. single - LineSource 10:23:51 08/28/14 (2)

RE: Dual subwoofer vs. single - Satie 18:24:43 08/28/14 (0)

RE: Dual subwoofer vs. single - Roger Gustavsson 10:54:29 08/28/14 (0)

RE: Dual subwoofer vs. single - dumpingground 19:34:54 08/27/14 (0)

RE: Dual subwoofer vs. single - russ69 13:46:18 08/27/14 (0)

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