I just watched a recent video by John Hunter, Head Shaman at Rel Acoustics.
In it he basically says that in order to achieve proper subwoofer integration with one’s main speakers, they must be more or less IN LINE WITH THE MAINS!! The discussion starts at 1:30 in the video.
Furthermore, he says a difference in subwoofer positioning of as little as + 1 mm (~1/32 of an inch) with respect to one’s mains is sonically relevant to leading edge bass articulation!
I’ve been saying this for YEARS!!!
Of course subwoofer corner loading, swarms etc. can provide more bass, but IM0 it CANNOT approach state of the art bass reproduction.
I feel this is true regardless of the quality of the setup. I heard a setup with Wilson Chronosonics XVX and a pair of Wilson Subsonics behind them, (crossed over below 30Hz BTW) and the leading edge bass transients were severely compromised.
Upon disconnecting the subs, bass articulation returned in spades. I much preferred the Chronosonics in this setup without the subs.
“There are a million incorrect ways to setup subs and only one right one”
Kerry
In it he basically says that in order to achieve proper subwoofer integration with one’s main speakers, they must be more or less IN LINE WITH THE MAINS!! The discussion starts at 1:30 in the video.
Furthermore, he says a difference in subwoofer positioning of as little as + 1 mm (~1/32 of an inch) with respect to one’s mains is sonically relevant to leading edge bass articulation!
I’ve been saying this for YEARS!!!
Of course subwoofer corner loading, swarms etc. can provide more bass, but IM0 it CANNOT approach state of the art bass reproduction.
I feel this is true regardless of the quality of the setup. I heard a setup with Wilson Chronosonics XVX and a pair of Wilson Subsonics behind them, (crossed over below 30Hz BTW) and the leading edge bass transients were severely compromised.
Upon disconnecting the subs, bass articulation returned in spades. I much preferred the Chronosonics in this setup without the subs.
“There are a million incorrect ways to setup subs and only one right one”
Kerry
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