What is your goal with the addition of another sub? Listening to 2 channel music on a dedicated 2 channel stereo, or both, home theater and music listening through an AV processor? If it’s 2 channel, whatever sub you decide to acquire (makes good sense to use same, however, not a show stopper…check out a pair of SVS Micro 3000s for a little added punch in the lows while saving space), you should measure the in room response to see what settings have an effect at the listening position. You will get the crawl, low crawl, hang em high, recommendations, but why? Use technology to see on a display as to how the sub settings can be smoothed out by changing certain parameters to get an ideal and smooth curve.
More subs allows you to balance those bass room interactions to a certain degree and get away with smaller subs to boot. You should still use bass absorption judiciously if required to further help room issues, in particular smalle rooms. Smaller rooms are way more complicated than larger rooms, so multiple subs aids a lot in smoothing out bass modes. Larger rooms are more forgiving because, well, they allow the lower frequency to travel farther thus reducing the amount of bass frequency propagation, although their is still some and you need to again measure. REW makes a great application to measure your room.
For home theater and fire and forget use, just use the built in room measuring equipment built into your processor if so equipped. You may still not like it’s results.
The reason I suggested the SVS Micro 3000 is that if all you are looking for is some bass assist, and a means to control the sub, these little powerhouses are ample enough, while being subtle in size to add that extra flair to bass without messing up the stereo image if used properly. They are equivalent to nearly 12” woofers with their dual 8” size. I may or may not be testing a pair in my very large room with very large speakers:)
More subs allows you to balance those bass room interactions to a certain degree and get away with smaller subs to boot. You should still use bass absorption judiciously if required to further help room issues, in particular smalle rooms. Smaller rooms are way more complicated than larger rooms, so multiple subs aids a lot in smoothing out bass modes. Larger rooms are more forgiving because, well, they allow the lower frequency to travel farther thus reducing the amount of bass frequency propagation, although their is still some and you need to again measure. REW makes a great application to measure your room.
For home theater and fire and forget use, just use the built in room measuring equipment built into your processor if so equipped. You may still not like it’s results.
The reason I suggested the SVS Micro 3000 is that if all you are looking for is some bass assist, and a means to control the sub, these little powerhouses are ample enough, while being subtle in size to add that extra flair to bass without messing up the stereo image if used properly. They are equivalent to nearly 12” woofers with their dual 8” size. I may or may not be testing a pair in my very large room with very large speakers:)