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Thoughts on having 2 different sized subs in same room

We are currently in the process of redoing our living room and "Managment", or should I say my, wife does not want any funiture in the design that will provide a place for my equipment. Luckily I still have my main system in my man cave / media room and now since I have an extra sub was considering incorporating into my main system.

Main system breakdown:

Bob Carver Crimson 275 Tube Amp

(80w x2 @ 8 ohms)

Parasound ZPre3 Pre-Amp

U-Turn Orbit TT w/ Ortofon Super OM20 

Ifi Zen Phono Pre Amp

Warfedale EVO 4.3 Speakers

SVS SB12-NSD subwoofer 

Potential Sub to add:

Audio Source SW15" 200 w Sub

Any thoughts?

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imhififan
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IME, using two different subwoofer as stereo pair is not ideal and very hard to integrate well.

My suggestion is connect the SVS SB12-NSD to ZPre3 preamp and position the sub on the front.

Use the high level (speaker level) connect the Audio Source SW15 to the Crimson 275 output (so you can use small gauge speaker wires and don't need long interconnect cables) and move the sub for best bass response in the room, it could be in a corner, front wall, side wall or rear wall. 

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