RE: How many subs? and should I go from 5.1 to 7.1?

Posted by Duke (D) on March 7, 2010 at 23:12:41

In Reply to: How many subs? and should I go from 5.1 to 7.1? posted by pbarach on March 7, 2010 at 10:55:20:

1. The in-room bass smoothness goes up with the number of bass sources as long as they are spread fairly far apart. This way each sub produces a unique peak-and-dip pattern at any given listening position, and the sum of two or more dissimilar peak-and-dip patterns is smoother than any one alone would have been. So in my opinon adding a second sub (preferably along one of the walls opposite that corner) will improve the in-room bass smoothness. Given that small rooms generally have worse bass problems than large ones, adding a second sub is arguably of greater benefit to a small room than to a large one. This seems counter-intuitive, but the reason for going with multiple subs is bass quality, not bass quantity.

Duke

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Topic - How many subs? and should I go from 5.1 to 7.1? - pbarach 10:55:20 03/07/10 (15)

RE: How many subs? and should I go from 5.1 to 7.1? - Ben Van Dyk 21:55:32 03/08/10 (0)

RE: How many subs? and should I go from 5.1 to 7.1? - Duke 23:12:41 03/07/10 (4)

RE: How many subs? and should I go from 5.1 to 7.1? - cfraser 15:17:18 03/08/10 (3)

RE: How many subs? and should I go from 5.1 to 7.1? - Duke 15:45:33 03/08/10 (2)

RE: How many subs? and should I go from 5.1 to 7.1? - cfraser 18:21:51 03/08/10 (1)

Please re-read pbarach's original post - Duke 00:46:43 03/09/10 (0)

RE: How many subs? and should I go from 5.1 to 7.1? - cfraser 17:38:23 03/07/10 (0)

RE: How many subs? and should I go from 5.1 to 7.1? - Jazz Inmate 16:14:08 03/07/10 (5)

Do you run Blu-Rays - pbarach 18:21:52 03/07/10 (0)

Do you run Blu-Rays - pbarach 16:16:15 03/07/10 (3)

Yes, all the time - Jazz Inmate 16:28:12 03/07/10 (2)

I agree. On the other hand - Vic D 12:34:36 07/21/10 (0)

It's worse than that… - David Aiken 22:30:49 03/07/10 (0)

RE: How many subs? and should I go from 5.1 to 7.1? - David Aiken 13:31:04 03/07/10 (1)

RE: How many subs? and should I go from 5.1 to 7.1? - pbarach 13:37:11 03/07/10 (0)

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RE: How many subs? and should I go from 5.1 to 7.1? - Duke 23:12:41 03/07/10 (4)

RE: How many subs? and should I go from 5.1 to 7.1? - cfraser 15:17:18 03/08/10 (3)

RE: How many subs? and should I go from 5.1 to 7.1? - Duke 15:45:33 03/08/10 (2)

RE: How many subs? and should I go from 5.1 to 7.1? - cfraser 18:21:51 03/08/10 (1)

Please re-read pbarach's original post - Duke 00:46:43 03/09/10 (0)

RE: How many subs? and should I go from 5.1 to 7.1?

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