Skunk;242493 Wrote: > No truly high end setup would be complete without an audio slave though.
The audio slave does come in handy. I prefer to use mine for searching for the next CD I am going to listen to. A proper subwoofer system that blends to become part of the mains as well as having an adjustment for matching the main speakers sensitivity and being about to adjust the Q of the system to the room, frees up the audio slave for other duties. Any active subwoofer that interacts with the mains in this fashion has proper bass response no matter what the source material and has the proper level of bass output no matter what volume level is chosen. The reason for this is that the subwoofer is now operating as if it were part of the mains. To over simplify the explanation of what is happening, the net sum of the resulting system is basically equivalent to your mains having another base driver inside of them with the appropriate crossover for the very low frequencies. And since it is an active subwoofer with its own amp, the low frequencies are totally removed from the stereo amp's workload. The downside is that these systems usually need a separate amp and pre-amp so that the crossover can be placed between them. They will also work fine with the few integrated amps and A/V receivers that have jumpers on the back labeled pre-amp out and pre-amp in. So if you like tight accurate bass at the proper level to what your listening to (both material and volume level) and dont want to mess with having to change the gain level every time you change CDs or volume, pay a little more (Vandersteen 2Wq $1295) for a sub that will give you endless pleasure as well as free up the audio slave (especially if that happens to be you)! -- iPhone Media Room: Transporter, Vandersteen Quatro Signature, Ayre MX-R Mono Blocks, VTL TL-6.5 Signature Pre-Amp, VCC-5 Reference Center Channel, four VSM-1 Signatures, Runco 710, RAM Oppo DV970HD, VeraStarr 6.4SE Living Room: Squeezebox 3, Vandersteen Model 3A Signature, Two 2Wq subs, VCC-2, Two VSM-1, ADCOM GTP-870HD, Cinepro 3K6SE III Gold Bedroom: Squeezebox 3, Thiel 2.3, NAD C370 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ iPhone's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13622 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40177
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