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You were right about adding a sub.

I've had subs around the house, but used them mostly for home theater.

From time to time, some of you have encouraged me to use a sub in my 2 channel setup. Curiosity got the best of me over the Holidays and I hooked up a sub using speaker level connections and used the sub's crossover.

My speakers are Usher 6311 and my Integrated is an Anthem 225.

What a difference it made to not only the bass line, but cutting the lows increased the soundstage, improved detail, etc. I feel like I have new speakers, And the bug to try other speakers is gone.

Thanks for the tip- wish I would have tried it before now! For those of you that are tempted, it may be worth a try, it certainly was is my case. I'm using a Svs Sound Cylinder, fwiw. 

Regards,
gary

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srosenberg
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do you have the ability to vary the location of the sub?  If you can move it 8-9 feet closer to the listening position than the mains, or time delay the mains, the timing / phase relationship can be carefully optimized.  Once that's dialed in I think you'll be startled by how seamlessly the sub integrates with the mains.

absolutely terrific write up here:
http://www.soundoctor.com/whitepapers/subs.htm


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srosenberg
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it's been my experience that high passing the mains has a tremendous effect on the entire frequency range and is absolutely my preferred method of integrating a sub (rather than playing the mains full range and bringing the sub in at the roll off point of the mains).  getting the timing / phase relationship right via careful placement of the sub or time delaying the mains will make the integration absolutely seamless.  when it's right, everything just snaps into focus and the sub completely disappears.
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