Subwoofer Question


Could having just one subwoofer (REL T/7x)with the crossover set around 60hz pull my image to the side that the sub is on?

maprik

Showing 1 response by clio09

After using an active crossover and 4 passive woofers I built based on a design by Roger Modjeski I decided to try active subwoofers and purchased 4 KEF KC62 subs with balanced force drivers. KEF has an interesting take on setting LP and HP filters that you can read here: 

https://us.kef.com/blogs/news/understanding-lpf-and-hpf-settings?srsltid=AfmBOoofYdV0rzjlbr3BQq-70TAKqvj5oU1Qz-pdCBZRW6kppBi5c54c

Setting the LP and HP at different frequencies worked well with my box speakers, but not so much with my Quad ESL which have a resonance peak at 90 Hz, so setting HP and LP at 100 Hz was ideal. As the KEF article states with a 4th order filter the highest attenuation of the signal will be -24 dB at one octave above for the LP and one octave below for the HP. So for 60 Hz that will be either 120 Hz and 30 Hz.