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Subwoofer between speakers?

After reading through a thread relating to the equipment rack between speakers, I assume that the sub between the speakers is also a no-no?

My speaker stands are 24.5" high, and my sub is 24" high, so I was thinking that the sub cabinet being below the mid-range driver might mitigate the detrimental effects to imaging. But I read a reply in the thread that I alluded to which talked about an amp between the speakers having a negative effect on imaging . . . therefore it stands to reason that a big bulky sub cabinet would be about 20 times worse.

I know that ideally I should experiment with placement . . . this is an extreme near-field listening room, and options are limited. I could get it to the outside of my right channel speaker . . . in theory, would that be better than in between?

immatthewj

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ieales
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I may be a little tooo passionate about sub bass

Impossible!

"An articulate, extended and veracious low end adds realism out of all proportion to the numbers." - moi

And if only people would roll at least the ½ octave above the main’s corner frequency, there would be a lot less boomy bloat 🙄

 

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@whitefishpoint1175

I have no subwoofers at all. Well treated room with outstanding setup, no need. Tried them and sold them…..

Not all subs are created equal and not all can correctly integrate. Unless you have speakers that can get to 30Hz and not screw up 300Hz doing it, subs add a realism out of all proportion to the added Hz.

As a composer friend once said upon hearing my system "Those little speakers aren’t putting out all that gorgeous bass?!?!?!?!?" ... "Every other subwoofer I’ve heard just boomed."

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ieales
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32 foot organ pipe is 16.4Hz

The head displacement 'whhomph' on a kick drum is about ½Hz in a rock band.

Harp, contrabassoon, piano about 28Hz

Tuba about 30Hz

Large spaces have sub harmonics. Reproducing them transports one to the venue.

Sorry to hear about the 2x woofers. Multiple woofers are seldom done right and suffer badly due to panel interference and multiple asynchronous reflections. I’m guessing they are ported. Too bad. Much harder to integrate with subs.

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