Dual sub-woofers??

[Geoffcin]

Am I correct in guessing that the best configuration for 'dual subwoofers' in two-channel would be as follows?

Have the sub on the left side of the room handling the left signal in conjunction with the left main, with the main high-passed somewhere and the subbie handling the rest. The sub on the right side of the room doing the same, only handling the right signal?

This would mean each 'side' is operating as a full range system?

PAYCE!

THOB

That's exactly as I have them. Also I keep them as far away from any wall as possible. The closer you get to a corner the more apparent output you have, but the more room nodes you excite.

[the hand of boredom]

That's exactly as I have them. Also I keep them as far away from any wall as possible. The closer you get to a corner the more apparent output you have, but the more room nodes you excite.

When your system is in HT mode, are you running with the sub out on the receiver/processor set to NO and sending all the LFE to the subs via the mains (if I understand all your configs) ?

Also, I thought having the subs closer to the wall excites LESS nodes.

THOB

[Geoffcin]

When your system is in HT mode, are you running with the sub out on the receiver/processor set to NO and sending all the LFE to the subs via the mains (if I understand all your configs) ?

Also, I thought having the subs closer to the wall excites LESS nodes.

THOB

Actually my subs are not included in the HT setup. They are run from my preamps output, and only get what I feed the maggies. I use two Velodyne FSR-15's with my 3.6's, and for the most part they do nothing but take up real estate. In no way have I ever had them breathing hard, even when playing my maggies at concert levels. On the other hand, I've found maggies to be very volume sensitive when it comes to the bass response. By having the subs it give me the ability to augment the bass for low level playing. I set the crossover higher when playing at low volume, and boost the sub level a little. While this gives a nonlinear response curve, it's much more pleasing to listen to.

As soon as you raise the volume up to say ~85 dB or so, the maggies open up in a big way, and the extra bass from a sub is not needed, at least in my room. I usually will turn the crossover down to 40hz and leave it there.

In my HT setup I use only the CSW T500 mains as subwoofers. They have 300 watt amps built into each speaker, and although there's less maximum output, and more distortion than the Velodynes, there's still ample output to shake just about everthing in the house. I've tried using the Velodynes in the HT setup, but it just wasn't nessassary.

As you can see in both setups I'm using dual subwoofers, so I do reccomend it.