Does anyone run 3 subs?
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afterburnt
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I am thinking about it since I have a lot more space due to doors having to be left open to the rest of the house. Besides I found space for another lol.
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I have 4 but only 1 of them is great...My New Year's resolution is 3840 × 2160
Family Room| Marantz AV7704| Usher Dancer Mini - 2 DMD Mains |Usher Dancer Mini-x DMD's Surrounds | Usher BE-616 DMD Center | SVS Ultra Rear Surrounds | Parasound Halo A21 | Parsound Halo A52+ | MIT Shotgun S3's | Dual SVS SB 4000 Ultras | Oppo UDP 203 | Directv Genie HD DVR | Samsung 75" Q8 QLED | PSAudio Stellar GCD | Mytek Brooklyn DAC+ | Lumin U1 Mini | HP Elite Slice PC | ROON'd for life |
ManCave: HT:Polk LSiM 706VR3 LSiM 703's LSiM 702's|| Marantz AV7002 AV PrePro Sunfire TGA-7401| Sony PS4 Pro| Sony PS4 Pro|SVS PB13 Ultra| Oppo UDP 203 | Music Hall MMF 5.3se TT w/ Soundsmith Carmen | Samsung 55" SUHD TV | Sony PS4
Patio | Polk Atrium 8's | Yamaha R-N303BL |
Office BlueSound Node| KEF LS50 | Peactree Nova 125SE |
Bedroom | Focal 905's | Chromecast Audio |
Garage | Polk Monitor 5B's
Closet Yamaha M80 | 2 Polk MP3K subs| Yaqin MC100B with Shuguang Treasures KT 88's & CV181Z's | Tesla E83CC's | Marantz 2252B | Marantz 2385 |Polk SDA SRS 2.3 | LSiM 705's | -
What others do you run besides the Ultra? I don't want to try and mix mine I dont have the brains or the patients to try to get them to play together.
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mine are dispersed throughout the house... I have dual mp2ks with my Ushers... and some POS that came with my soundbar... just get a PB13 ultra and you won't look back...My New Year's resolution is 3840 × 2160
Family Room| Marantz AV7704| Usher Dancer Mini - 2 DMD Mains |Usher Dancer Mini-x DMD's Surrounds | Usher BE-616 DMD Center | SVS Ultra Rear Surrounds | Parasound Halo A21 | Parsound Halo A52+ | MIT Shotgun S3's | Dual SVS SB 4000 Ultras | Oppo UDP 203 | Directv Genie HD DVR | Samsung 75" Q8 QLED | PSAudio Stellar GCD | Mytek Brooklyn DAC+ | Lumin U1 Mini | HP Elite Slice PC | ROON'd for life |
ManCave: HT:Polk LSiM 706VR3 LSiM 703's LSiM 702's|| Marantz AV7002 AV PrePro Sunfire TGA-7401| Sony PS4 Pro| Sony PS4 Pro|SVS PB13 Ultra| Oppo UDP 203 | Music Hall MMF 5.3se TT w/ Soundsmith Carmen | Samsung 55" SUHD TV | Sony PS4
Patio | Polk Atrium 8's | Yamaha R-N303BL |
Office BlueSound Node| KEF LS50 | Peactree Nova 125SE |
Bedroom | Focal 905's | Chromecast Audio |
Garage | Polk Monitor 5B's
Closet Yamaha M80 | 2 Polk MP3K subs| Yaqin MC100B with Shuguang Treasures KT 88's & CV181Z's | Tesla E83CC's | Marantz 2252B | Marantz 2385 |Polk SDA SRS 2.3 | LSiM 705's | -
Mikey what is your room like with the solo PB13?
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Bump up to one more and put one in each corner or wall midpoint and that's about as good as it gets.
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I have ran 3 subs with no benefits. I tuned them all perfectly and where I sit I didn't get anything out of it.
I have a badass M&K THX certified Sub actually I have 2 of them and I ran one of them with my ST's. I felt when I turned off the ST's and just ran them full range I had a tad better performance but when all 3 where on I felt that I wasn't gaining anything.
More subs are for better coverage if you have coverage issues. In very large rooms 3 or 4 would work great but the room would have to be huge.
I usually spec on my jobs 2 always no matter what as I feel 2 always work together better then just one. I can get one to work well but not cover the room with all the seating perfectly like 2 does.
In some rare rooms I have used 4 and the room required it.Dan
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I have ran 3 subs with no benefits. I tuned them all perfectly and where I sit I didn't get anything out of it.
I have a badass M&K THX certified Sub actually I have 2 of them and I ran one of them with my ST's. I felt when I turned off the ST's and just ran them full range I had a tad better performance but when all 3 where on I felt that I wasn't gaining anything.
More subs are for better coverage if you have coverage issues. In very large rooms 3 or 4 would work great but the room would have to be huge.
I usually spec on my jobs 2 always no matter what as I feel 2 always work together better then just one. I can get one to work well but not cover the room with all the seating perfectly like 2 does.
In some rare rooms I have used 4 and the room required it.
Multiple subs are for fixing modal issues. Without them you have big nulls and peaks, especially when you change positions. Get four subs and put them in each corner or wall midpoint and seat to seat response is as good as it is going to get. Read up on some of Dr. Floyd E. Toole's writings and ramblings on this subject. Also play around with REW's room simulator and you can visually see how everything interacts.
