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In Reply to: RE: Totem Mani 2 Sub woofer match posted by Jim Hickey on March 09, 2021 at 09:29:07
I don't have such experience with them but curious: do you want just more bass or do the Mani 2's have issues with deep bass frequencies that could be better resolved with a sub? John Atkinson in his review of them noted "Bass. A lot of it," say my listening notes. In fact, the modest-sized Totem produces an astonishing amount of low frequencies."
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I am really wondering about the impact on the upper bass and lower mid range if the heavy lifting of the low bass was removed from the Mani 2.
High passing the main speakers can make them cleaner and improve the mid bass and lower mids. At least it did in my system, different than yours) and in my case with a passive crossover unlike the active ones in subs. You must use a sub with a high pass. A few like REL don't have a high pass. And you have to hope the sub's crossovers produce a nice transfer function(roll off of mains and hope it's already good for subs) or else the crossover region will sound not so good. Ideally that means the transfer function should be custom for every set up. But try it. It very well might work well. It often does even with the generic crossovers in subs.
Whoa! That's a beautiful 2-way full range speaker.
You might be doing it a disservice by trying to integrate a crossover/subwoofer to relieve the midrange and upper bass.
However, my guess is you will likely need 2 very high-quality subwoofers, as you are now asking them to do more than just "subwoof".
Frankly at that point you may want to put your money into another part of your system to achieve what you are after.
Good luck and nice speakers!
Cheers!
Jonesy
"I know just enough to get into trouble. But not enough to get out of it."
Thanks for the input from you all. I have upgraded my turntable and have looked at up grading my power amplifier but rack space does not allow me to get an amp that is more than 15 cm high.
Ugh. I've been in that workable space dilemma. Starts with bigger amp won't fit. Then you look at putting a mono block near each speaker. Or maybe a subwoofer is the answer.
Cheers!
Jonesy
"I know just enough to get into trouble. But not enough to get out of it."
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