Will I benefit from a subwoofer with 20Hz speakers?


My source is a minidsp shd studio with Dirac going into Denafrips Gaia DDC to Denafrips T+ DAC to McIntosh 601 Monoblocks to Cabasse Pacific 3 speakers. The speaker's published frequency response is 41-20,000Hz. I presume this is achieved in an anechoic chamber. In my room however, it goes down to 20Hz, at least according to the Dirac measurements. In fact, I needed to flatten the curve and  reduce by 5-20 DBs between 20-100Hz due to the room effect.

So, considering I already go down to 20Hz, is there anything else 1 or 2 subwoofers will do for my system?  Would it create a more consistent low frequency field? I see many people adding up to 6 subs, so I wonder what I'm missing. 

Thank you for your insight! 

dmilev73

Showing 1 response by asvjerry

All a sub would do is take a load of the mains and introduce complexity into the space.  Quick trick to try is Eriks' eq suggestion. *S*

I could easily live with that curve as is, personally.

Lucky you. ;)

@tablejockey , I'm sorry but la Sphere looks too much like a next millennia Dalek.
I don't like anything that looks like an eye that never blinks trying to hypnotize me with music...and a ball on a spring is....

Hard to take seriously....Seriously. *L*

Thanks, anyway...J