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Your experience of moving to two subs

Hi all, I have a 2.1 system with the sub sounding best in the center between the loudspeakers. My speakers have substantial, deep, and detailed bass for their size and with the SS amp I’ve chosen. Thus, the sub’s optimal crossover setting is only at about 28hz. I have plenty of bass amplitude going on -- don’t need "more" bass.

I’m wondering about soundstage effects of having two subs on the outsides of my speakers, though. Having my sub in the center does result in some apparent compression of the low frequencies towards the low-center area. The L and R channels from my preamp are combined at my sub. I know some people may disagree and think that the source of frequencies below 60hz can’t be located by human hearing, but my experience tells me differently.

Does anyone have an opinion on the benefits of 2 subs vs only 1 when there’s no need for more bass oompf?

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I've got two subs run off miniDSP.  I think some kind of DSP is almost essential with subs. I am also running the subs left and right channels. At that point, the subs completely disappear. What I really hate is being able to locate the subs in space. 

If I run the subs by themselves, they're really not loud. but if you run the mains without the subs it's very clear that the music is lacking.  That, to me, means something is right. 

 

It's worth doing some kind of room eq and dsp to tune in the subs, and while one sub is good two, run left and right channels is what works for us. 

 

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