Maggies and subwoofer integration

@jjss49 wrote: "sure sub swarms of 3-4-5 subs work well, but in the op’s 11x13 room it might just be overkill..."

Multiple subs might very well be impractical in this case because of space constraints, or cost, or for other reasons. But assuming they’re affordable and the individual subs are small enough to be practical, there’s a somewhat counter-intuitive consideration that arguably comes into play:

The smaller the room, the worse the room-induced peak-and-dip pattern in the bass region. And therefore, the smaller the room, the more room for improvement from the greater in-room smoothness of an intelligently-distributed multi-sub system.

Audiophile ingenuity can often find a way where there seems to be none. I have a customer who was in an even smaller room, and the issue was, how to shoehorn four small (but not tiny) subs into his very limited space. Then he read my setup guidelines, wherein I said something like "bonus points if you can elevate one of the subs so that it’s closer to the ceiling than to the floor." He very creatively asked me if more than one sub could be placed up near the ceiling. Yes! So he ended up with three subs atop shelves in his small room, and the fourth one on the floor.

Duke

I'm using cheap used Sony subs with Maggie 3.7i as that's all the budget I had left. I've found that a setting of about 50 Hz works well and keeping the sub volume low to avoid bloat works fantastic. Even my musician friend are surprised at how well they integrate.

And yes you do need a sub with Maggie's.

Sounds good Johnto. Kind of similar to my approach and the experiment I'll be undertaking. 50-60HZ and low volume to begin with. Take it from there. I'm definitely not a bass-head and want this room to be the classic, acoustic, Jazz room vs my other room with  harder music. But came upon a great deal for this Subwoofer, and said to myself that it can't hurt to try it with speakers like maggies. 

No. You don't.

@margaretha I agree with you on not using subs with Maggie's,  but just with the larger panels.  I've owned 2.5R's all the way up 20.1's.  With the right amps, (2) never felt i was Bass deprived. For music listening,  IMO,  there is no better bass than a large panel Maggie. With all that said,  you will need a sub for the smaller panels.