Not a believer!

[Old Onkyo]

Thanks to this forum, a subwoofer is the best investment I made in my HT system.
I listen to music and movies and I can’t believe that if I buy another one my system will sound better.
At what point does the law of diminishing returns kick in?

 

[Joe B]

Depends on how big the room is and how many seats there are in the room. The purpose of multi subs is to eliminate bass "bad spots" at different places in the room. In other words, one sub placed correctly can make the bass sound absolutely perfect.....but maybe for only one listening position. People generally go with multi sub set ups to increase the area of perfect bass while also giving them the opportunity to rock the house.

 

[speakerman39]

Have a read. It is very insightful.

https://www.harman.com/sites/default/files/white-paper/12/11/2015 - 06:12/files/multsubs.pdf


http://www.harman.com/sites/default/files/white-paper/12/11/2015 - 06:25/files/LoudspeakersandRoomsPt3.pdf


Cheers,

Phil

 

[speakerman39]

Here is another, but you have to scroll down a bit for a read by Dr. Earl Geddes:

http://seriousaudioblog.blogspot.com/


Hopefully, you will be a believer for (2) or more subs after reading the white papers that I linked.


Cheers,

Phil

 

[GrimSurfer]

Have a read. It is very insightful.

https://www.harman.com/sites/default/files/white-paper/12/11/2015 - 06:12/files/multsubs.pdf


http://www.harman.com/sites/default/files/white-paper/12/11/2015 - 06:25/files/LoudspeakersandRoomsPt3.pdf


Cheers,

Phil

Many thanks for posting the Harman AES white paper. For a moment, I was fearful that I was 49 subs short. Now I know that my space would benefit from one more (if budget constrained) or three more (if not budget constrained).

Maybe Harman's next paper on the subject can address how to deal in a WAF constrained environment. These nulls are almost impossible to address ATT.

 

[speakerman39]

@Old Onkyo you might find this helpful as well. But, it is a bit long:

Cheers,

Phil

 

[speakerman39]

Cheers,

Phil

 

[Old Onkyo]

Just ordered a second SVS PS 1000!

 

[Danzilla31]

Just ordered a second SVS PS 1000!

I think you'll really enjoy duals congrats on the purchase. I have dual PB 4000"s and having 2 of them in my room makes a huge difference. I've run just one before and even though one can handle the room duals is just so much better in every way!

Let us know what you think once you get them set up!

 

[Old Onkyo]

This was the initial set up. I discovered that by pushing the mains out to accommodate the subs, I lost all imaging.
I don’t want to corner load, but I am going to place the subs outside of the speakers.

 

[Danzilla31]

This was the initial set up. I discovered that by pushing the mains out to accommodate the subs, I lost all imaging.
I don’t want to corner load, but I am going to place the subs outside of the speakers. View attachment 28940

Good luck on getting them dialed in! It'll take some tweeking but you'll get there I'm going to move my subs a bit as well today. It takes some tinkering but it will be worth dialing those babies in