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Which is better for a DBA (Swarm); powered subs or unpowered?
"it is quite obvious that these individuals have never experienced the extremely high quality bass response performance this concept provides in practice in typical home rooms. noble100 Tim"This and all the individuals personal variables of room, ... 
Subwoofer Question
If you were to do an in home comparison with your ML you'd most likely find the Force 210 out performs the T9 in many ways.The connectivity alone allows for XLR and RCA inputs as well as a Multi-Output that facilitates daisy chaining most any othe... 
The bass is the place...
In my experience even when speakers are equipped with self powered and equalized subwoofers the optimal speaker location has never been the rooms optimal subwoofer location. Still, if you've never heard it done right you might find it acceptable.    
How far away from your speakers are you?
This lady’s work might inspire the WAF.http://www.stereounlimited.com 
How far away from your speakers are you?
A Dead Head wife with her own substantial LP collection who understood and enjoyed audio prior to our marriage and an invaluable partner in setting up and furnishing. Very close to Golden Ratio for speaker placement with very slight toe in as per ... 
Subwoofer insight.
I'm in agreement with the recent posts describing the physical robustness of Neutrik SpeakOn connectors and would add their ease of DIY termination. As a now stunningly unemployed Bass player I have yet to experience a problem with my amplificatio... 
Are you a Subwoofer abuser?
The bottom is clearly the most fun. Any Bass player can vouch for that.All my subwoofer systems functions are remote controlled. During serious listening polarity can change from track to track. Volume up, down, or off. Six different equalization ... 
Subwoofer insight.
When we compared a beautifully crafted over $8k model with two DSP subs, its owner sold it the following week. The words this passionate Irishman used to describe it went well beyond junk.Simply reading the manual it seemed obvious, they clearly a... 
Subwoofer insight.
It only took this OP a couple of days before he quickly realized the undeniable shortcoming of old school set-it and forget-it subwoofers. Smart guy.  
How does this make sense, any sense? Any sense at all??
Stereophile prefaces their Recommended Components with a general explanation. They can only review what has been offered to them for review by a manufacturer. I'm guessing there are products they simply decline to review. The more often you read r... 
REL subwoofer using only red cable not yellow per REL technical dept
What is a “faster” subwoofer? 
JL Gotham F212 v2 vs ?
cjazzy007  We initially connected our friends Studio III using the high (speaker) level to an Ayre V-1xe amplifier and located the sub in a corner exactly as the manual suggests. The signal must first pass through the preamplifiers input and outpu... 
JL Gotham F212 v2 vs ?
My only in home experience with JL Audio was when a friend brought his F113 v1 ARO over and another brought his REL Studio III to compare to my Velodyne DD 18. I set one of the Velodyne's presets back to factory settings to compare the ARO to Auto... 
Subwoofer insight.
I find most any subwoofer/s is better than none. Its thrilling when you realize how much low frequency information you've been missing. Similarly, when you discover the further improvements as a result of the proper room placement and calibration ... 
Second sub connection
Your preamp may have a pair of XLR and/or two pair of RCA outputs.The SVS subwoofer may have a pair of RCA inputs and a pair of RCA outputs. If so, simply connect a pair of interconnects to any of the three sets of the preamp outputs to the SVS's ...