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RE: I concur

Posted by Charlie8521 (A) on July 5, 2012 at 06:21:43

In Reply to: I concur posted by 3db on July 5, 2012 at 04:33:35:

The word "displeasing" would be incorrect to use. It seems as if I'm getting a little domination of the bass from the left side, where the sub currently resides. And the bass seems to be a little uncontrolled, not as tight as maybe it should be. Monitors sound good.

I'm wondering if I re-locate the sub it might tighten up the mid and lower bass. It is a fairly well sounding system. I'm just wondering if I make a simple change I can get more out of it (in other words, my current location of the sub by an outside observer is just plain dumb. If I put it somewhere else I would immediately notice an improvement). Or as asked in a related posting, is my answer in doing a simple mod to the sub to enhance it's performance (i.e., rope calk enclosure and speaker frame, remove amp from back of enclosure, etc...). In other words, the sub is simply performing up to its level of design and build quality. It is a $400/$600 sub, not a $2,000 - $3,000 sub. Sub has a 10" cone with a 250 watt amp.

Setup: Coming out of the AGI preamp I split the signal through a Y connection. One side of the Y goes to the Main Amp which drives the NHT Classic 3's full range. The other side of the Y goes to the NHT SubOne Subwoofer Controller. I've previously sent the pre-amp signal to the Controller and had it split the signal to Main Amp for the Monitors and to the Sub, but the Monitors didn't blend in as well with the Sub. The setup sounds better when the Monitors are allowed to see the full signal (others may wish to differ on this). The Subwoofer Controller has been set will a low pass setting at 80, 90, 100 Hz. Changing the setting doesn't seem to have a noticeable difference. 0 dB gain to Sub.

Which brings me back to following. The simply changes of taking the grills off the Monitors and elevating the Sub off the carpet by 14" made the system sound cleaner and tighter. So, is there something simple in there a simple re-orientation of the Sub that would provide further improvement.

Edits: 07/05/12

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