I think it may be useful for me to discuss why I felt I needed a subwoofer, and how I will use it in my system.
My 2-way speakers (which are DIY) are great in the frequency range that they are audible. I did a test the other day with the Stereophile Test CD bass warble tone. I could clearly hear output from my speakers down to 55 Hz, but I could not hear (or feel) anything at 40 Hz. I did not use my SPL meter, but I would guess the bass was down about 10-20 dB even at 55 Hz from the level at 200 Hz. Therefore I need a sub that basically goes from 20 Hz (or as low as possible) up to about 60-70 Hz. Therefore, I will set the hi-pass xover on my sub (Dayton Titanic 10") to it's lowest possible setting (40 Hz) and set the volume level so that it blends nicely with my speakers. The idea is that the sub completely fills in from 20 (o.k. maybe 30) to 40 Hz, and then starts to tail off until about 60-70 Hz (I believe at 6dB/octave). The intermediate range, therefore, from about 40-80 Hz, gets contributions from both the sub and 2-ways. I want to stress that I really want the sub to be as musical as possible. It should reproduce the lowest frequencies and blend seamlessly with the 2-ways. If anything, I will err on the side of lowering the sub volume, so that it does not "mask" the nice sound that I already get from my Scan-Speak 7" woofers (in their appropriate frequency range). I think this philosophy is very different from most home theater setups, because the LFE channel is really not part of the LCR mix of the main front speakers. Anyway, that's my 2, well, 3 cents worth on the subject. -- ezkcdude ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ezkcdude's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2545 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20197 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
