Hi.
My listening room is a very large space in our great room. It's a converted church 40' x 19' x 15' high at the peak of the vaulted ceiling. I estimate approximately 8,000 cu ft. I'm making some changes and subwoofers will have to be part of it. I have one Hsu VTF-2 MK4. Right now I'm running Klipsch Cornwalls in the room corners. They have ported 15" subs and I don't use my sub with them. In fact I had to EQ the room boom down with them. I listen to all kinds of music. We don't do home theather, so I don't need or want room shaking bass. I want subtle articulate musical bass. Anyway for 150Hz and above, I'm probably going to go exotic: Tectonic DML500s which are pro-audio speakers and will need help below 150Hz or so. I think I could really benefit from two subs to have more even bass throughout the room. I've been looking at the incredible spreadsheet by @sweetchaos. Our room is definitely in the "Extreme" category. So, on a value basis, I'm looking at Hsu or SVS. TBH I'm not wild about how they look. WAF has me considering other options. I could DIY them and get a custom walnut veneer or something. Anyhoo, I need to decide on sizing/power/configuration for two versus one. The single-sub suggestions I get from the spreadsheet Hsu sub is the VTF-15H MK2 and the SVS SB-3000. Budget is about $1,500, so used is fine and so is DIY. So... here's the question: Can I scale down the size of my sub if I buy two? How does that work? What do you suggest?
Thanks!
Aaron
My listening room is a very large space in our great room. It's a converted church 40' x 19' x 15' high at the peak of the vaulted ceiling. I estimate approximately 8,000 cu ft. I'm making some changes and subwoofers will have to be part of it. I have one Hsu VTF-2 MK4. Right now I'm running Klipsch Cornwalls in the room corners. They have ported 15" subs and I don't use my sub with them. In fact I had to EQ the room boom down with them. I listen to all kinds of music. We don't do home theather, so I don't need or want room shaking bass. I want subtle articulate musical bass. Anyway for 150Hz and above, I'm probably going to go exotic: Tectonic DML500s which are pro-audio speakers and will need help below 150Hz or so. I think I could really benefit from two subs to have more even bass throughout the room. I've been looking at the incredible spreadsheet by @sweetchaos. Our room is definitely in the "Extreme" category. So, on a value basis, I'm looking at Hsu or SVS. TBH I'm not wild about how they look. WAF has me considering other options. I could DIY them and get a custom walnut veneer or something. Anyhoo, I need to decide on sizing/power/configuration for two versus one. The single-sub suggestions I get from the spreadsheet Hsu sub is the VTF-15H MK2 and the SVS SB-3000. Budget is about $1,500, so used is fine and so is DIY. So... here's the question: Can I scale down the size of my sub if I buy two? How does that work? What do you suggest?
Thanks!
Aaron