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Posted by dbphd (A) on December 01, 2009 at 18:53:40

In Reply to: RE: 2 Subs better than one? posted by ryriken66 on November 24, 2009 at 22:05:25

I've been impressed by the Merlin TSM speakers and I have a Velodyne HGS-15 and a HGS-10 in two of my systems, the HGS-15 under the control of an SMS-1 sub manager. I think you should realize excellent sound and imaging.

I'd start with your single sub placed a bit out from the corner next to one of your Merlins. The center of the cone of the sub might be 18" - 24" from the rear and side walls. Use a SLM (a Rat Shack will do well) with white or pink noise to match the levels of your speakers, having first set the crossover no higher than 80 Hz. Then listen carefully. You don't want to be able to identify the sub as a separate source of sound. It should provide LF extension unobtrusively.

If you don't have a processor with something like Audyssey, you might check out the used market for a Velodyne SMS-1. Both use a microphone and spectral analysis to equalize the spectrum; the SMS-1 is limited to the LF range, but that's where room modes are crucial.

db