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So I have been anti subwoofer. And now I’m getting the hype (and maybe the vapors too).

I’m off all this week and remembered a crusty old subwoofer stashed in the dankest corner of my closet. Since the Quicksilver preamp I got a couple of months ago had a 2nd set of outputs I decided to put it on play.

this is a Pinnacle sub, 10” and 200 watts. I think I paid $129 on amazon a few years ago for home the water. Ironically it’s a sealed box implementation.

after a couple of hours of messing with it I think I have it fairly well integrated. I’ll have to make sure it’s not killing my neighbors. It’s not an audiophile sub but it really does add to the enjoyment of my patchwork system.

I do notice that, as with my stand mounts, there less bass at my siting position vs standing in the same spot. So I’ll have to figure out what’s going on with that.

But yeah, assuming I’m not blowing out my neighbors I’ll sincerely consider 2 good subs.
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I used to be anti-sub, but knew I was missing out on some good bass. I had extreme difficulty integrating one into my system properly, but eventually managed to make it sound decent enough. But it was still too muddy with poor resolution on the low end. My listening room is rather small & awkwardly shaped so the acoustics are terrible. I tried room treatments. The affordable option (egg crate foam) worked fine but wouldn't pass the wife test. I'm too stingy to splurge on treatments she'd approve. I recently decided to try a miniDSP DDRC-24 with the Dirac Live room correction software. I'm not sure what manner of sorcery it is, but that little box works MAGIC!!! My system now sounds like the professional setups I've heard when auditioning in AV shops. I now get fantastic resolution on the low end even at lower volumes. I'm now totally pro-subwoofer.

It may be blasphemous to the audiophile community but I highly recommend miniDSP as a reasonably affordable way to help with bass (subwoofer) integration issues and room correction in general.  If you have the right equipment I suppose it may be possible to just get the DIRAC Live as standalone software. I know there are other correction options that are probably just as good (like Room EQ), but this is the one I've experienced and liked. I was unimpressed by Anthem's software that I use for a secondary setup.