Stacking subs
maybe you could hang one in the air from a ceiling hook? :) on a slightly more serious note... https://rel.net/blog/2016-10-11/system-thinking/reference-line-arrays/ |
Yeah, REL's idea of subwoofer line arrays is good, but that's not what dbphd is asking. In my opinion, there might be a slight change in how the bass frequencies are affected by raising the HGS-10 about 20" off the floor. You may get some reduction with some of the bass frequencies but improvement on others. It's difficult to predict how the room would affect the standing waves. You won't know until you try. |
Another possibility is to use LFE from the SP3 with my third, as yet unused, HGS-15. In that case the sub would be on the side wall. The real advantage is that I wouldn’t need to mess with the current setup that sounds so good. Previously I perceived the KEF Reference 1s to sound great with jazz and baroque, but less good for large orchestrations. But integrating them at 80 Hz with the HGS-15s changed that perception entirely. The setup does a Mahler symphony grandly. |
Guys, hi I am way more ignorant about subs than anyone here. BUT want to ask a related question. My speakers are low on bass but do (technically) reach down to 40Hz. Would I get better bass and a richer sound by adding one or two subwoofer? Running everything with a Lumin t2 to Hegel H390. Everything rocks except the bass... Thanks. |
I use a Velodyne SMS-1 bass manager that provides acoustic room correction, and low pass at 80 Hz with a 24 dB/octave slope. I’ve tried high-pass, but it seems to remove a sense of air. That may be peculiar to the Ayre zero feedback design of the preamp and amp between which the filter has been inserted. |
