Setting up stereo Rel subwoofers….


I want to do the sub crawl to set up the 1st sub, then do the second. My question is: do I connect the 1st sub to both channels? Or do their recommended twisting of 2 wires together and connecting it to one side? Thanks

davegh

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Thanks for all the replies. I did the crawl and found 2 spots for the a T 7x’s. It was noticeably louder and bassy. One was in the corner, one to the left about midway between listening position and speakers. I may try both out side and behind the main speakers just to compare but that defeats the purpose of the crawl. 
2 questions: how

may “clicks” on the crossover do you have?

And did anyone disconnect the yellow wire for less output ? I have plenty of bass (sounds great/ Mofi Sourcepoint 8 btw)

th and!

Here’s how it went, to this point. I just twisted both red/yellow wires together, hooked them both up, and left one off to do the process.The crawl seemed to work in that there did seem to be a couple spots where the bass seemed full, louder. That provide a lot of bass for sure. (I may go back to it, try it again). Then I set them up just outside the main speakers (Mofi 8’s which go down to about 47hz afaik).

I wanted to try the way REL suggests and see if it integrates well that way. Yes, it does sound great- I only use the system for music. I have the crossover at 13 clicks, the vol at 15 and only using one wire. I tried to get good bass but not too much, kind of integrated smoothly. One thing was: I could not tell which PHASE was better, they both just about sounded the same. Not sure how big a deal that is... I may try 2 wires again but I want to be able adjust the volume a few clicks.

And I don’t know if 13 crossover clicks is perfect for the MOFI’s or how far that is- all that I saw suggested was the lower is better.

I do think this has turned these excellent speakers into the best system I’ve ever had, easily. I run an Eversolo A8 and a Musical Fidelity M6si.