I need Multi-Sub assistance.

[DrWho]

Dang Hurd, nice find! Now the ultimate question is how clean is that 130dB?!?

To answer your question, you could put the Danley over by the furnace, but I've always felt that things sounded wierd having the sub off to the side. Bass is omnidirectional and all, but you can feel it coming from the one side of the room. If the sub can't be positioned in the front of the room, then the next best spot is positioned directly behind the main listening position. You will also want to go with a lower crossover point to avoid some comb-filtering issues (though the actual point is going to be a compromise to balance it out with room modes and source material - movies work better with 80Hz crossovers).

It probably wouldn't take much to reveneer that ugly goliath and turn it into a coffee table. One advantage is that the sub will be very close to the listening position - reducing its output requirements and also maximizing the direct sound to reflected sound ratio (which is a good thing). It might be distracting though having the sub so close, but that can be reduced by moving to a lower crossover point.

[bigpants_ku]

Thanks, Mike.

I'll listen to some subs from time to time when I'm visting family in

KC. I might even be able to audition a Danley there, I have to

talk to a guy about that tomorrow. Ultimately, it will be a

couple of months before I have to make this decision (or can afford to)

anyway. The only thing that would hurry this decision and

purchase, is if I wanted to ceiling mount a sub, because I would rather

install it before I put in the drop ceiling, but I have several reasons

for not wanting to mount a SW in the ceiling (most are obvious ones).

I'll keep looking around and lurking on the forums to see what people like me are doing.

Other recommendations are welcome (thanks for the eD find, Hurd!)

If you want to keep up with my progress on my basement and HT, just

check over at the architectural forum where I've got a thread going

now. I'll also be putting a progress pictorial together on my

website, but right now my wife has just got nothing but baby pictures

on it (we have a 3 month old) so I'll post the address when I've got it

all updated- I will keep major progress pics up to date on the

Architectural forum, though.

-V