Subwoofer thrills and spills

[YNWaN]

As sq writes, I use a REL Stadium with my ES14's and only for music - there is only my hi-fi in that room. I've gone to a lot of trouble to integrate the sub with the speakers and it certainly isn't a five minute job. The output level on my sub is set very low - if you do turn it up you can determine the resonant frequency of pretty much everything in the room!

[flatpopely]

As sq writes, I use a REL Stadium with my ES14's and only for music - there is only my hi-fi in that room. I've gone to a lot of trouble to integrate the sub with the speakers and it certainly isn't a five minute job. The output level on my sub is set very low - if you do turn it up you can determine the resonant frequency of pretty much everything in the room!

And I'm still not convinced by it!

[YNWaN]

Yeah, yeah

[electric beach]

As sq writes, I use a REL Stadium with my ES14's and only for music - there is only my hi-fi in that room. I've gone to a lot of trouble to integrate the sub with the speakers and it certainly isn't a five minute job. The output level on my sub is set very low - if you do turn it up you can determine the resonant frequency of pretty much everything in the room!

You need a bit of TLC, sorry, DSP from an Antimode Mark

http://www.bkelec.com/HiFi/Sub_Woofers/anti-mode-s.htm

The test sweeps are very useful for finding and eliminating rattles and vibrations that get excited so fleetingly that you don't realise what they are. I found a loose screw in my fire surround and vibration/ buzzing in a hollow internal door!

The main issue I have with a 2.1 system is the variation of deep bass on the recordings, which means a bit of adjustment to the sub volume level despite having it integrated. I'm sure a lot of music isn't monitored with a sub (possibly most actually); I often find bumps and thumps from the studio that would definately have been killed if they were noticed.