There's nothing remotely dumb about using subs in mono. It just depends on your needs.
Almost all sound in the the 20-40hz octave is in mono in the CD format. So, if your sub is "trolling" off your main speakers -- ie, you are letting your mains run their full range and just adding on the subs -- and you are crossing over the sub at 40-45hz, then mono is just fine. It is better, in a way, because you get a boost of some 3db or so. Nice if your subs drop quickly from 30/25hz-20hz, or if they distort when played too loud. Now, this is NOT the case when you are setting cross-overs for the mains and subs and when that cross over is above 40-45hz. At 60, 70, or 80 hz, you would obviously be loosing stereo information. With a system such as TacT (which can be accomplished, closely, without a TacT), you're using corner woofers -- not subwoofers -- crossed over at 200hz. You DEFINITELY want that to be in stereo. That's about it, really. For someone to claim that, somehow, you are missing vital information with mono subs crossed over at 40 hz is misleading. And, remember two things: 1) sound in that range is omniderectional, in the first place, so you're not going to get stereo imaging, and 2) a lot less than we think actually happens down there! -- highdudgeon ------------------------------------------------------------------------ highdudgeon's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2195 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20197 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
