is there really a need for two subs?


My room is fairly small, maybe 14' by 10'. I have a Jolida 502A and a pair of Soliloquy 6.2 loudspeakers. Is there really a need for two subwoofers since everything I have read states that subs are non-directional?
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I have been using two subs since the year 1981. Stereo subs greatly increase soundstage size, shape, and realism.
Members we are, I hope, writing about bass in music, which we have all heard, and not dinosaur footsteps which even I am not old enough-- to have ever heard.---Two sub Tom
Actually two subs are much harder to blend than one sub. Phase relationships are the key when using stereo speakers.
Wave launch, and phase intergration of stereo subs is a major part of the blending process. This is mostly a time consuming problem. The process can take much longer when your main speakers have 2 woofers in each cabinet. These woofers, one loading near the floor and the other loading near the ceiling do effect the arrival time of the first bass wave. Placement becomes even more critical when your room is of irregular shape. Bass loading in odd shaped rooms can be an ordeal. With much time and care the payoff of two 15in. servo subs loading with their four 10in. brothers makes for a grand and accurate sounstage.