Hmm12
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Hi,
I am a bit confused about subwoofers. I am confused in a way that I find hard to put in words thats how confused I am.
Firstly ,hypothetically let's say I have a room that's 3mx4m, in that room one 500w 12" subwoofer for argument sake can reach reference levels (115db?) cleanly. It is placed in a space that gives good bass at the desired listening posititon, with no obvious nulls or peaks, a flat desired response.
Now in this scenario, let's say I switched to a 18inch 1500w subwoofer, what benefits would one expect, besides from headroom? If the 12 inch is already reaching reference? It obviously goes louder, but would one want to go beyond reference?
In the second scenario, where one subwoofer is giving good response at the desired seating position, what benefit would adding a second, third or fourth subwoofer have? I know a second one will add some headroom as well, but I mean more notifiable differences? I understand that if multiple seating positions needed even bass that multiple subwoofers would be a good idea. But what if its just a single space?
I see people having 10 or more subwoofers in a home cinema, but I don't understand why? To me that sounds like playing speakers way louder than 0db, I know it's not all about loudness, but if two subwoofers are both calibrated to reference what benefits will a bigger or multiple subwoofers have?
Il leave it at this for now, enlighten me please.
Thank you
I am a bit confused about subwoofers. I am confused in a way that I find hard to put in words thats how confused I am.
Firstly ,hypothetically let's say I have a room that's 3mx4m, in that room one 500w 12" subwoofer for argument sake can reach reference levels (115db?) cleanly. It is placed in a space that gives good bass at the desired listening posititon, with no obvious nulls or peaks, a flat desired response.
Now in this scenario, let's say I switched to a 18inch 1500w subwoofer, what benefits would one expect, besides from headroom? If the 12 inch is already reaching reference? It obviously goes louder, but would one want to go beyond reference?
In the second scenario, where one subwoofer is giving good response at the desired seating position, what benefit would adding a second, third or fourth subwoofer have? I know a second one will add some headroom as well, but I mean more notifiable differences? I understand that if multiple seating positions needed even bass that multiple subwoofers would be a good idea. But what if its just a single space?
I see people having 10 or more subwoofers in a home cinema, but I don't understand why? To me that sounds like playing speakers way louder than 0db, I know it's not all about loudness, but if two subwoofers are both calibrated to reference what benefits will a bigger or multiple subwoofers have?
Il leave it at this for now, enlighten me please.
Thank you