Reference strada one or two subs?


I currently have the reference strada side speakers on floor stands and a rel t1 subwoofer. All driven by a rega brio-r amp. Love the sound just maybe lacking a little bit in the low end. Wondering what adding another sub might get me. Any one have any thoughts?? I'm too poor to go for the reference 3.5s but hoping to get some good advice on how to improve the setup. Many thanks!
jjcheng188

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Many thanks for your helpful comments and experience. How do you have the tr3s wired and what are your settings for the crossover?
Really helpful. Thanks. Assuming its a linear scale and starting at 30 and ending at 180hz then a crossover around 12:30 should equate to something like 110hz or so it seems. My rel goes up to 120hz so I may try that first. Currently it's set around 80. Also see a tr3 locally that I may pickup and experiment with. Thanks again for the help.
Just posting some followup. I raised my cutoff to 110hz and repositioned my sub right center and properly coupled it to the floor beneath the carpet using spikes. Also moved the right strada into the corner, approx 1 foot from the back wall and 1.5 feet from the side wall. Wow! Much better integration. Bass is improved on the strada and bass from the t1 is just subtly less boomy. The combination is awesome! No doubt I'm going to go for a second t1 for the left side. Just wondering if anyone has had any luck getting a better floor coupling with their strada floor stands? The spikes don't work that well for carpet and they still seem to rock a bit.
Thanks guys for the advice and help. I will check out your review and hope it gives me some new ideas.
Great thoughts, thanks! I have one sub right center and I'm planning to put the second left center. I have the one sub on high-pass and will do the same for the second. unfortunately 120hz is the highest my t1 will go but so far I'm pretty apply with it at 110hz. It took awhile to position properly but it's now integrating well and "invisible" in the room.