Would you choose 1 ou 2 subwoofers for a stereo set?

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Mike

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Been living with a pair of 10" woofers in Kenwood cabs, 3 way units with the crossovers' disconnected from the tweets and mids; no big loss....
Driven by their own amp, so no conflicts...  Bottom is to a self-amped 8" Polk stand-alone sub.  Reasonably satisfied with the results, and the price was right, voices decently...*s*

Intrigued by the distributed bass concept (4 smaller subs ) and the means to give a go on it; 4 - 8" for the time being....got the goods, just need the time to fab it up.

IF that has some 'deficiencies', can add a stand-alone 15" (have a pair, sadly unmatched); for unreasonable levels of THUMP, have a 10" more suited to be part of a bass-ers' vehicle (magnet structure is the size of an old-style quart oil can and you'd not want to drop it on your foot, nooo....).

Overall space is 40' x 28' with 12' ceilings, so have the cubic feet to fill... ;)

...and so much for the radical ohm on the deranged...

Good weakend, y'all

J

Because I needed a small subwoofer that would fit under my modified-buffet stereo cabinet, I chose to start with one sub and was immediately pleased with the enhanced SQ.

However, after listening for a few weeks I decided something was off, the bass subtly imaging more to the side with the sub when listening at louder levels.

Since I have adequate crawl space height, I opted to hardwire a second, identical sub on the other side of the back of my room.

The overall SQ is now more balanced and richer than it’s ever been.

If you have doubts and/or budget constraints, plan for two but start with one and draw your own conclusions.

Based on trying one and then moving to two was a game changer.  I have REL's and they are connected directly to the amp so the subwoofers get the full signal from each channel.  

Good luck and let us know how you make out.

2 big ones, 12" is what I use. Only way to go for best integration into stereo.