karurravi, If you want sota bass response for the price of 2 good subs, read this before buying 2 subs: http://www.theabsolutesound.com/articles/audiokinesis-swarm-subwoofer-system/ Tim |
karurravi, It sounds to me like your system is for music only, no ht duties. If so, you're probably only concerned with good bass response at your listening position and don't require good bass response throughout your entire room. The Audio Kinesis Swarm 4-sub system, that I linked an Absolute Sound review of, is what is called a distributed bass array that provides sota bass response throughout the entire room in virtually any room provided the progressive locating procedure for each of the 4 subs is followed. This system utilizes a 10" long-throw woofer in each of its rather compact cabinets(2 x2 x 1 foot). It's ideal for music, since each sub is providing only a portion of the total bass, it's capable of both taut and tight bass and deep and powerful bass that is felt as well as heard. This also allows the system to possess large reserves of power for impressive bass dynamics. It is true that 2 subs will provide better bass response than 1 sub and 3 will perform better than 2. However, 4 subs properly positioned has been scientifically proven to provide the best in-room bass response. This results because 4 sub distributed bass arrays reduce or eliminate the vast majority of bass standing waves in virtually any room which, in turn, reduces or eliminates the vast majority of bass room modes (spots in the room of bass exaggeration, attenuation or cancellation) throughout the entire room. So, it's basically your choice; is very good bass response at your listening position sufficient or do you prefer very good bass response throughout your entire room? Cost is really not an issue since the 4 sub AK Swarm system (including 1,000 watt sub amp) is priced about the same or less than 2 very high quality subs ($3K). Tim |
