LSi: Bookshelves & Sub vs. Floorstanding & Sub?

woof633
woof633 Posts: 6
edited January 2010 in Speakers
Does anyone have a feel for what difference may be noticed between LSi9's and a sub and LSi15's and a sub, with respect to bass and imaging? The sub in question is an 18" JBL with variable crossover frequency in the active x/o. Thanks.
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  • PSOVLSK
    PSOVLSK Posts: 5,235
    edited January 2010
    I own both 9's and 15's and didn't notice an improvement with the 15's over the 9's with a good sub. 9's are obviously less expensive, but figure in the price of some good speaker stands for them.
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  • lumpy
    lumpy Posts: 113
    edited January 2010
    I think that the 9's have considerably more mid bass impact, espescially if you can by amp them. This is not always a good thing, as my wife will attest to when I am listening at night.
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    media room: Lsi25 mains driven by an audiosource amp300, LSi9's driven by another amp300, LsiC drivin by an audiosourcAmp200, Lsi7 rear channels driven by receiver - Yamaha 863, Panamax 5300, epson 6100 w/ 106" elite cinatension2 screen, HPz555 media center, oppo 980, techniques SLbd3 turntable,xbox and ps3,

    living room: VM30 mains driven by a niles 2125, VM20 center and VM10 surrounds, velodyne dsp10, yamaha rxv661, cambridge audio dvd89, panamax5300, philips 42" plasma
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  • woof633
    woof633 Posts: 6
    edited January 2010
    Thank you all! It sounds like the 9's are an even to better-than-even bet. A question on bi-amping them - I have a 200 w/ch Adcom GFA-555 and a 60 w/ch Adcom GFA-535. I'm assuming 60 w/ch (8 ohm rating) would be sufficient for the high side, which according to literature is crossed over at 2.4kHz?
    Also, since I'm running an active x/o for my existing mains/sub biamp system, is a Y-cord out of the x/o a valid way to get the high-side signal to both amps for the 9's? Thanks again.
    p.s. lumpy, no worries here, my wife's a bass player. That's how we blew up a good Mission bookshelf years ago, before we had an in-home bass rig ;-)
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  • lumpy
    lumpy Posts: 113
    edited January 2010
    or you could daisy chain from one amp to the next. i use matching amps for mine
    pop

    media room: Lsi25 mains driven by an audiosource amp300, LSi9's driven by another amp300, LsiC drivin by an audiosourcAmp200, Lsi7 rear channels driven by receiver - Yamaha 863, Panamax 5300, epson 6100 w/ 106" elite cinatension2 screen, HPz555 media center, oppo 980, techniques SLbd3 turntable,xbox and ps3,

    living room: VM30 mains driven by a niles 2125, VM20 center and VM10 surrounds, velodyne dsp10, yamaha rxv661, cambridge audio dvd89, panamax5300, philips 42" plasma
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