Derek S-H
Outstanding Member
Okay, so there are a few Threads on here querying this, what to get and whether it's worth it. And I'm here to tell you just do it!
My room is 15 feet x 10 feet and my current Sub is a Monitor Audio Gold W15 - 650 watt amp (continuous, 1200 watts peak) and a 15" driver:
No, it probably doesn't have the visceral slam of a SVS, but I live in a flat and have neighbours below me, so there's a limit in how far I want to push this.
I recently watched "Ready Player One" and really enjoyed it. The film features a famous vehicle chase known for its low bass frequencies, but the sequence seemed a bit lacking to me, which was disappointing.
Reading around on here, I thought that perhaps I needed an upgrade to something newer and more powerful, but it was suggested to me that maybe I ought to consider going dual, which I'd never thought about before (probably because I live in a flat with neighbours below me!).
One suggestion was to get rid of the W15 and start again with two Subs of the same brand, especially as it went out of production in 2018. More in hope than expectation, I went on Ebay and would you believe it, someone had just listed my exact same Sub! It was fate:
I managed to procure it at a great price and it's in tremendous condition and hardly used. A Member kindly did a calculation of my room using REW and there was a massive null probably being caused by this culprit:
It basically sucked all the bass out of the room at precisely the point where I needed it most - the MLP!
Both Subs have their own Room Correction built-in to address excess boom due to room boundaries, and I ran Audyssey on my Marantz SR7011 (which supports dual Sub connections, thankfully) and put on the chase sequence in "Ready Player One" again.
All I can say is WOW! The bass is just so much more room-filling, cleaner and smoother. There's a punch that was previously missing and you can no longer locate where it's coming from, which was mostly from the front, it just surrounds you now.
I just wanted to say thank you to @Mr Wolf, @steve sph, @Jester1066 for making such a persuasive case for going dual (you were right all along!) and especially @Gasp3621 for all his help and patience via PM with helping me set it all up.
If anyone is thinking of going dual, no matter how small your room is, don't hesitate, just do it!
I can't answer your query about what Subs to get nor how big they should be, but what I am saying is that it's the underlying principle of having dual Subs, and the tangible improvements that that brings, is all that matters.
My room is 15 feet x 10 feet and my current Sub is a Monitor Audio Gold W15 - 650 watt amp (continuous, 1200 watts peak) and a 15" driver:
No, it probably doesn't have the visceral slam of a SVS, but I live in a flat and have neighbours below me, so there's a limit in how far I want to push this.
I recently watched "Ready Player One" and really enjoyed it. The film features a famous vehicle chase known for its low bass frequencies, but the sequence seemed a bit lacking to me, which was disappointing.
Reading around on here, I thought that perhaps I needed an upgrade to something newer and more powerful, but it was suggested to me that maybe I ought to consider going dual, which I'd never thought about before (probably because I live in a flat with neighbours below me!).
One suggestion was to get rid of the W15 and start again with two Subs of the same brand, especially as it went out of production in 2018. More in hope than expectation, I went on Ebay and would you believe it, someone had just listed my exact same Sub! It was fate:
I managed to procure it at a great price and it's in tremendous condition and hardly used. A Member kindly did a calculation of my room using REW and there was a massive null probably being caused by this culprit:
It basically sucked all the bass out of the room at precisely the point where I needed it most - the MLP!
Both Subs have their own Room Correction built-in to address excess boom due to room boundaries, and I ran Audyssey on my Marantz SR7011 (which supports dual Sub connections, thankfully) and put on the chase sequence in "Ready Player One" again.
All I can say is WOW! The bass is just so much more room-filling, cleaner and smoother. There's a punch that was previously missing and you can no longer locate where it's coming from, which was mostly from the front, it just surrounds you now.
I just wanted to say thank you to @Mr Wolf, @steve sph, @Jester1066 for making such a persuasive case for going dual (you were right all along!) and especially @Gasp3621 for all his help and patience via PM with helping me set it all up.
If anyone is thinking of going dual, no matter how small your room is, don't hesitate, just do it!
I can't answer your query about what Subs to get nor how big they should be, but what I am saying is that it's the underlying principle of having dual Subs, and the tangible improvements that that brings, is all that matters.
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