John24ssj
Prominent Member
Hi all,
Some of you might already be aware of how much of a nuisance I have been with my setup, but to summarise:
Got a decent size living room that opens into a dining area making it an L shaped room and I currently have a Monolith Plus which is great I do love it.
But there are issues with uniformity due to the room:
So as you can see the sub takes a nose dive from 50Hz onward, there is also an issue for the other 2 seats away from the MLP where the bass is lacking in some parts.
Through a lot of testing I found 2 most optimal locations in the room to provide the best response for dual sub setup:
And I was able to acheive a good response using a small Q Acoustics 3070S subwoofer and it worked quite well:
BUT sadly the 3070S had an odd pitch/noise around 50Hz mark which made it possible to be located in the room and of course that broke the whole dual sub setup So This showed me that I do not need a super powerful sub but it needs to be competent.
Another issue is space, getting a single Monolith Plus was a struggle as it is big, so going dual sub and getting wifes approval is much more difficult than I expected (She might have threatened to throw the monolith out of the window a few times, but I am yet to see how she would lift the bloody thing ).
The space I "got" is this:
Another issue is that sealed subs are a no go as they seem to cause the wife a really uncomfortable pressure around the ears So it needs to be a small ported sub.
After doing some reading and receiving brilliant help from Gasp3621 and Conrad I got it sort of narrowed down to SVS PB1000 and XTZ 12.17.
The advantage of PB1000 is that it is the exact height of the sofa rest which it should fit in perfectly so should be "easier" to get wife's approval.
I don't fancy spending too much on this as Monolith was already expensive purchase But I am torn between the options and what to do!!!
I've made a table with pros and cons between the subs and was wondering if I could get some more input on this?
Thank you all and sorry to be a pain!
Some of you might already be aware of how much of a nuisance I have been with my setup, but to summarise:
Got a decent size living room that opens into a dining area making it an L shaped room and I currently have a Monolith Plus which is great I do love it.
But there are issues with uniformity due to the room:
So as you can see the sub takes a nose dive from 50Hz onward, there is also an issue for the other 2 seats away from the MLP where the bass is lacking in some parts.
Through a lot of testing I found 2 most optimal locations in the room to provide the best response for dual sub setup:
And I was able to acheive a good response using a small Q Acoustics 3070S subwoofer and it worked quite well:
BUT sadly the 3070S had an odd pitch/noise around 50Hz mark which made it possible to be located in the room and of course that broke the whole dual sub setup So This showed me that I do not need a super powerful sub but it needs to be competent.
Another issue is space, getting a single Monolith Plus was a struggle as it is big, so going dual sub and getting wifes approval is much more difficult than I expected (She might have threatened to throw the monolith out of the window a few times, but I am yet to see how she would lift the bloody thing ).
The space I "got" is this:
Another issue is that sealed subs are a no go as they seem to cause the wife a really uncomfortable pressure around the ears So it needs to be a small ported sub.
After doing some reading and receiving brilliant help from Gasp3621 and Conrad I got it sort of narrowed down to SVS PB1000 and XTZ 12.17.
The advantage of PB1000 is that it is the exact height of the sofa rest which it should fit in perfectly so should be "easier" to get wife's approval.
I don't fancy spending too much on this as Monolith was already expensive purchase But I am torn between the options and what to do!!!
I've made a table with pros and cons between the subs and was wondering if I could get some more input on this?
Thank you all and sorry to be a pain!
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