What to do with extra subwoofer?

[CARLHDTV]

Last year I upgraded my speaker system to an Infinity TS-1100,my last system was a frankinstine system made up of different speakers.The old sub is a RCA 100 watt powered sub,so can I take this sub and hook it up to my reciever(Yamaha RX-V750)and make it (the system) to sound better with two subs?

 

[Davemcc]

It never hurts to try. Just experiment with placement to find best results.

 

[Fancypants]

I am not familiar with those sub woofers in particular, however, I have always read (from multiple sources) that if you are going to setup two (or more) subs, it is a good idea that they be relatively equally matched in terms of frequency response and dynamic range. As such, if one of those subs is significantly better than the other, then I would not recommend setting them up in the same room. Rather, I would use the lesser of the two in a bedroom, or office, or sell/give it to a friend. If you don't have a set-up in any of the mentioned rooms, then maybe it will be a good excuse to buy an additional receiver, and put your old speakers in the bedroom, or office, or study... or somewhere you might like to listen to music other than your main listening room.

**Edit** A second system, of lesser quality, in the garage is something I have always wanted, for working on the car/lawn mower/various projects. On second though, I imagine once I replace all of my current gear, I will be putting it in the garage, once I have a garage :-( This is more incentive for me to buy a house, and then upgrade...

 

[Exit]

Don't mix apples and oranges

I don’t know how good your Infinity subwoofer is (i.e. price) but your RCA with 100 Watts is probably about like my Radio Shack with 125 Watts. My RS sub is kind of a one-note boom maybe about 60 hz and it is not very loud in my big room. I found that it just adds the one-note boom to the fairly linear response of my SVS sub and I thus took it out of the system. I think the concept of adding two subs to a setup means adding two subs with equal flat frequency response together. There is also the trick of getting the second subwoofer in the right location to work properly together. My great room has fairly limited room for experimentation so I don’t think I could have gotten that right either. All in all, I think you will find that keeping just the Infinity subwoofer in your room will work out best. If you have the flexibility, try the “crawling for base” technique in placing your subwoofer. I did not try this because of layout limitations and I am still happly with the results. LOL

 

[AVRat]

Add it to the list for the next yard sale!

 

[mtrycrafts]

Last year I upgraded my speaker system to an Infinity TS-1100,my last system was a frankinstine system made up of different speakers.The old sub is a RCA 100 watt powered sub,so can I take this sub and hook it up to my reciever(Yamaha RX-V750)and make it (the system) to sound better with two subs?

Yep, I'd recommend selling it too, unfortunately. Or, if you have a second system someplace, even just a casual system, use it there, perhaps in the garage

 

[Jack Hammer]

I successfully used my 8" sub with my 12" sub. Both were well made and from the same maker. They sounded good together. Before that I tried using my old crappy htib 8" sub with the better 8" sub and it always sounded awful regardless of placement. I also tried it (crappy one) with the 12" when I was experimenting and it never sounded good ( a turd is a turd, no matter how much you try polishing it).

I say try it and see how they work together before you retire it. Worse case scenario is you waste a few hours of your time.

Jack

 

[buton6]

Sell it. Sell it.