New 2 channel sub ordered!

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  • Early B.
    Early B. Posts: 7,900
    edited March 2008
    Dammit, Pear -- I gotta stop reading your posts. Now you got me thinking about a "cheap" passive sub ($200 - $300; maybe DIY) for 2-channel powered by an unused channel on my HT amp (free), and a Reckhorn F-1 crossover ($49). I'd start with a single sub. If it sounds good, then I'd repeat it for stereo subs.
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  • pearsall001
    pearsall001 Posts: 5,068
    edited March 2008
    Early B. wrote: »
    Dammit, Pear -- I gotta stop reading your posts. Now you got me thinking about a "cheap" passive sub ($200 - $300; maybe DIY) for 2-channel powered by an unused channel on my HT amp (free), and a Reckhorn F-1 crossover ($49). I'd start with a single sub. If it sounds good, then I'd repeat it for stereo subs.

    Be like Nike..."Just Do It" !!! :D
    "2 Channel & 11.2 HT "Two Channel:Magnepan LRSSchiit Audio Freya S - SS preConsonance Ref 50 - Tube preParasound HALO A21+ 2 channel ampBluesound NODE 2i streameriFi NEO iDSD DAC Oppo BDP-93KEF KC62 sub Home Theater:Full blown 11.2 set up.
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  • reeltrouble1
    reeltrouble1 Posts: 9,312
    edited March 2008
    yea, Phil, set your receiver on studio mix too, you will be blown away!!!!!!

    RT1
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  • jm1
    jm1 Posts: 618
    edited March 2008
    Early B. wrote: »
    Dammit, Pear -- I gotta stop reading your posts. Now you got me thinking about a "cheap" passive sub ($200 - $300; maybe DIY) for 2-channel powered by an unused channel on my HT amp (free), and a Reckhorn F-1 crossover ($49). I'd start with a single sub. If it sounds good, then I'd repeat it for stereo subs.

    As I have said before, the hardest part of this is finding a sub which has the sonic characteristics you want for music. Just getting any cheap sub may not provide the expected results starting another thread stating how subs should not be in a music system...

    Put some effort and resources into this and reap the rewards.
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  • pearsall001
    pearsall001 Posts: 5,068
    edited March 2008
    reeltrouble1 wrote: »
    yea, Phil, set your receiver on studio mix too, you will be blown away!!!!!!

    RT1

    I was told that only works on Carver Amazings!! They do need some help you know. :)
    "2 Channel & 11.2 HT "Two Channel:Magnepan LRSSchiit Audio Freya S - SS preConsonance Ref 50 - Tube preParasound HALO A21+ 2 channel ampBluesound NODE 2i streameriFi NEO iDSD DAC Oppo BDP-93KEF KC62 sub Home Theater:Full blown 11.2 set up.
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  • reeltrouble1
    reeltrouble1 Posts: 9,312
    edited March 2008
    actually I use the "hall" setting, very life like, lots of space and air, hell you could ride a magic carpet through the place on **** gas there is so much air.

    you could get some more subs as well, and even more speakers, maybe even seven of them, man I bet that would sound awesome.

    RT1--owner of regular lacking speakers
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  • pearsall001
    pearsall001 Posts: 5,068
    edited March 2008
    Damn, doesn't anybody work around here? All this free time farting around on the forum!! Almost time for my nap Ted. See ya!! :D
    "2 Channel & 11.2 HT "Two Channel:Magnepan LRSSchiit Audio Freya S - SS preConsonance Ref 50 - Tube preParasound HALO A21+ 2 channel ampBluesound NODE 2i streameriFi NEO iDSD DAC Oppo BDP-93KEF KC62 sub Home Theater:Full blown 11.2 set up.
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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 32,967
    edited March 2008
    You may like it with the AAD's.Hope you do.But for me,getiing speakers that can do bass well was more important.With seperate subs on 2 channel,the bass always stuck out,more forward,drew attention to itself.Some songs it would sound good and others not so good.I finally was tired of having to adjust stuff for every couple songs.Though I would suggest doing dual subs in your case.
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  • pearsall001
    pearsall001 Posts: 5,068
    edited March 2008
    tonyb wrote: »
    You may like it with the AAD's.Hope you do.But for me,getiing speakers that can do bass well was more important.With seperate subs on 2 channel,the bass always stuck out,more forward,drew attention to itself.Some songs it would sound good and others not so good.I finally was tired of having to adjust stuff for every couple songs.Though I would suggest doing dual subs in your case.

    It's not that the AAD's don't produce bass, it's the exact opposite...they kick **** in that department, probably more so than a vast majority of so called floorstanders. I'm after that small range of low frequencies. Bass is the foundation of the music and containing most of the ambience of the recording venue, the total experience of reproduced music can only be experienced when both this foundation & this ambience exist.

    Once you have experienced true deep bass as part of a total sound experience, you can't go back to anything else. This is something that a stand alone speaker simply can't deliver.

    At least you gave it a shot, just too bad it didn't work out to your liking.
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  • Ricardo
    Ricardo Posts: 10,636
    edited March 2008
    You lost me once you started talking about foundation and ambience; "It sounds amazing", that I can understand. ;)
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  • pearsall001
    pearsall001 Posts: 5,068
    edited March 2008
    Ricardo wrote: »
    You lost me once you started talking about foundation and ambience; "It sounds amazing", that I can understand. ;)

    To break it down it simply means that bass is the underlying frequency that all music is based on & without it the music would not be pleasing at all.

    A simple listening test is to play a well recorded piece of music & while the music is playing...shut the sub off. The soundstage shrinks down & the new sound seems like a poor imitation of the previous one. And this is true even when there is very little bass in the music. In other words you don't even realize it's there until it's not.
    "2 Channel & 11.2 HT "Two Channel:Magnepan LRSSchiit Audio Freya S - SS preConsonance Ref 50 - Tube preParasound HALO A21+ 2 channel ampBluesound NODE 2i streameriFi NEO iDSD DAC Oppo BDP-93KEF KC62 sub Home Theater:Full blown 11.2 set up.
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  • cfrizz
    cfrizz Posts: 13,415
    edited March 2008
    BINGO!!!! Perfect description!

    pearsall001 wrote: »
    To break it down it simply means that bass is the underlying frequency that all music is based on & without it the music would not be pleasing at all.

    A simple listening test is to play a well recorded piece of music & while the music is playing...shut the sub off. The soundstage shrinks down & the new sound seems like a poor imitation of the previous one. And this is true even when there is very little bass in the music. In other words you don't even realize it's there until it's not.
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  • reeltrouble1
    reeltrouble1 Posts: 9,312
    edited March 2008
    a better test is when you shut the system down, talk about a loss of sound..........yeesh.

    still subless in brunswick

    RT1 seeks sub must be willing to provide ambience and have a solid bottom.
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  • Ricardo
    Ricardo Posts: 10,636
    edited March 2008
    pearsall001 wrote: »
    To break it down it simply means that bass is the underlying frequency that all music is based on & without it the music would not be pleasing at all.

    A simple listening test is to play a well recorded piece of music & while the music is playing...shut the sub off. The soundstage shrinks down & the new sound seems like a poor imitation of the previous one. And this is true even when there is very little bass in the music. In other words you don't even realize it's there until it's not.


    Wow....think of all you've been missing all this time without a sub. :D:D
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