My experience adding subwoofers to 2 channel


My Kappa 9 speakers are rated to 29hz and they sound pretty good in my 18x24 room...powered by McIntosh mc1.25 amps...l was looking for another layer of bass to enhance the sound..my first experiment l took my SVS pb16 ultras from my theater room and tried them first...it sounded terrible,didn't blend well..couldn't hear a difference until you turned in up then it rattled the room apart........my final experiment worked..l used 4 Velodyne minivee subwoofers(1000 watt rms class D sealed 8 in.) and after hours of calibration l hit it......lve got the bass response that exeeded my expectations. ....l should have done this along time ago....can anybody tell me of another subwoofer that may work even better?
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I have bern right around Audio as a Audiophile over 35 years and Audiostore
owner until 08 . Have owned every major brand subwoofer in the past 3 years .
without question the best subwoofer with the most technologies by a customer untrue mile trickle down technologies from their flagship SVS ultra-16
is the Hot New SB 3000,13 inch sub Loaded with anything  no it does not has Bass EQ, but potentially much better , great app, powerful amp he only split voice technology in the world and makes a big difference at low volumes,not boom ,the center is smalller , for at low volume levels, as you crank it up,
it then uses the outer portion  50 MHz,52 bit Analog devises processor 
Nobody else has this high tech built into a under $2k sub ,at $995
i could not find better at 2x that it is that good. And I will probably buy a second sub ,for 2 good subs are always better then one to balance the room out .
even with one sub this Sb 3000sub is far moretunefull then any rel, $1500 JL audio I sold, rythmik,Velodyne, Syzgy,just go to utube, and see all the great reviews 
it is has been  out only 6months and is  the best under $2k sub on the market .
real tuneful articulate bass. It even has a 3 band parametric eq .
if you buy a usb Mike, Free REW Room wizardfree  Room software you can totally Taylor your room exactly to your preference with a little time and experience . Just check it out , who else will give you free shipping , a 45days
audition and they will pay for the return, and a full 5 years parts and labor.
that is truly having confidence in their product . The $3500 JL fathom ,ar$3500
was the only sub to be neck and neck with the $1995 SVS Ultra 16, the 
New baby brother SB-3000 has -0 competition ,even their 4000 model does not have the latest technologies , just bigger amp slightly bigger driver.
this 15 x17 sub with 13 inch driver is without peers . My brother has 2 SVS ultra 16 and he even agreed this sounds like a smaller  brother.
just check it out  Fantastic !!

Erik squires is right , proper calibration ,and a  high quality sealed sub is allways 
more accurate then the same size in a ported ,or passive radiator model.
buy a usb Mike, and this free program   http://www.roomeqwizard.com
And just spend a little Time to get to learn it .with the excellent SVS app
you can accurately tune the bass in any room.