Dual or single subwoofers?


I have a REL Britania 1. It's a great sub but too big to fit into my room where it would compliment my mains. I mostly listen to music (Loud Rock) I have been considering the Dynaudio Sub 500's (Pair) Mostly due to thier ability to fit in the corners of my room - I'm limited to 14" wide. Would I be better off to stay with the single REL or go with Dual Dyna's?
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You may be able to do it...although it is not recommended.

Corners have advantages in that they will increase your bass by about 6 db....so put the subs very close indeed.

Corner placement is definitely not recommended with speakers due to cancellations from wall reflections, which will make holes in the freq. reponse from 150 to 500 Hz (up to 20 db in some cases).

However, as long as you have your sub set with at least 12 db per octave filtering and a low corner frequency like 50 to 60 Hz ....then you can minimize this cancellation problem by limiting those higher bass frequencies from the sub and leaving your speakers (hopefully better placed) to fulfill that job.

Standing waves may be highly excited in this corner sub position too....so you may need to mess around with notch filters from your DSP.....much more than you would if the sub was placed one third of the way into the room.

Of course, with two subs, you could try and get clever and play with phase to get optimum configuration for the room...

The possibilities are endless but chances are you may be dissappointed with the results...and forever fiddling/tweaking.