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Based on a recent thread on inexpensive subs, I was looking at the Monoprice slim sub (there is a 10" and a 12"). Link here: https://www.monoprice.com/product?p_id=35847
According to Brent Butterworth's spreadsheet (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1KjlXBWMPAHgU_V9DAHSdIZ_ke0MxwH6ekt3vTIlYOJU/edit#gid=0) it has decent performance for the $150- $200 price.
I have an entertainment center on which my TV sits. This is 100" wide and 26" tall, and it sits almost 10" into the room. Given this, I could fit 3-4 of these behind it. I am just wondering if anyone has thoughts on how this might work. My perception of the benefit is that it is inexpensive and would presumably provide plenty of volume (i.e., 3 would provide 4.7 db more than the single sub). We don't actually listen that loudly, so that is not the concern as much as having the headroom when needed, and having the subs out of sight. Given that 3 of these costs the same as most inexpensive single 12" subs (e.g., SVS, Rythmik, etc) it seemed like an interesting solution.
I could add a more traditional sub elsewhere in the room to smooth things out.
Also, maybe there are other subs that are about 10" wide (say, stacked 8" drivers) that I don't know about. If there are, I would appreciate learning about those too.
I would appreciate any other thoughts people have. I imagine that trying to EQ this might become challenging, for example.
EDIT: I said 20dB more but it is more like 10log(3) more which is 4.8dB. Though someone said 9dB below. Either way, my error. Forgot that dB are on the log scale and not additive.
According to Brent Butterworth's spreadsheet (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1KjlXBWMPAHgU_V9DAHSdIZ_ke0MxwH6ekt3vTIlYOJU/edit#gid=0) it has decent performance for the $150- $200 price.
I have an entertainment center on which my TV sits. This is 100" wide and 26" tall, and it sits almost 10" into the room. Given this, I could fit 3-4 of these behind it. I am just wondering if anyone has thoughts on how this might work. My perception of the benefit is that it is inexpensive and would presumably provide plenty of volume (i.e., 3 would provide 4.7 db more than the single sub). We don't actually listen that loudly, so that is not the concern as much as having the headroom when needed, and having the subs out of sight. Given that 3 of these costs the same as most inexpensive single 12" subs (e.g., SVS, Rythmik, etc) it seemed like an interesting solution.
I could add a more traditional sub elsewhere in the room to smooth things out.
Also, maybe there are other subs that are about 10" wide (say, stacked 8" drivers) that I don't know about. If there are, I would appreciate learning about those too.
I would appreciate any other thoughts people have. I imagine that trying to EQ this might become challenging, for example.
EDIT: I said 20dB more but it is more like 10log(3) more which is 4.8dB. Though someone said 9dB below. Either way, my error. Forgot that dB are on the log scale and not additive.
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