Thinking of adding a subwoofer for more bass.


I am running a cayin A50 amplifier with vandersteen 1 speakers and want more bass. I am wondering if a subwoofer will do it for me or is the problem that the signal from the amplifier not sending enough bass to the speakers? The vandersteen's have an 8" woofer.

Thanks for your help!
marntz4me

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Martykl
my objection to bass room eq is that once you eq out the 100-130hz rise and the nulls at 50 + 80, what do you have?
my guess would be that you end up with other problems or a fairly small sweet spot....the 2nd would work for an individual up to 4 person space, but for a HT where you'd want more persons to share good sound, you may be in for trouble.
If you are happy with current rig, than by all means LISTEN.
For a single sweet spot room, you got it licked. How big will those 'resonators be? I think my den acts like one at pretty low freqs.
My problem is a little different, my system being used by groups sometimes, like when the relatives drop in. Optimization over a larger space is an issue. I think I may have caught a break in this room, at least in the bass, it being 8 sided, and a few 45 degree walls.