Can I "like" twice?
I would add that for this to work really well you will need a crossover/DSP. Something like the miniDSP 4x10 HD and a uMIK1... I can't fathom how anyone can make this work without measurements.... So your total would increase by $800 ( MiniDSP @ $500 + Umik @ $100 + Various Cables and adapters $200....) , to $6000 . The value of your time needs to be added to this cost as it will take you hours of learning and of experimenting ...
If you manage to make this work as it should. You would then have a speaker system surpassing most pair of speakers around ...
I am assuming your sources to be digital...
I am interested in this discussion. This is the way I will certainly take. I am a firm believer that the way to the best bass in your home is to use multiple subs. Regardless of the inherent capacity of a pair of speakers, adding subs is the best way to have smooth and abundant bass in the home ...
Yeah, these are good points. To play devil’s advocate a bit though:
1. Would the benefit of room equalization not also apply to the bass and room modes of the F208s, too? In fact, would it maybe even be of more importance in that scenario because there is typically less options for placement of full range floor standers than 2 subs?
2. Is perfect the enemy of good here? I think there is a lot of work involved in getting perfect bass management and room correction, but how much work is there involved in getting “good enough” bass management and room correction such that the 2 subs scenario has a significant positive impact and clearly wins vs the 2 floorstander situation (which is also very unlikely to be perfect)?
I’ve noticed that standards are significantly higher here for bass management than a lot of other places like Audioholics; I’m pretty naive but I wonder if it’s justified (as opposed to just settling for a “good enough” approach and then using that to justify getting the subs).
For example, if you had a EQ that has some consumer room equalization and crossover functionality, and two subs, is that going to be that bad relative to no subs? My anecdotal experience is that it is significantly better than no subs but I have no point of comparison to a perfect bass management set up. So in my case, I already needed the AVR, the room eq came free with that, and I had to buy a $20 mobile app to adjust the target curve to fit the harman target and my own personal taste/perception of my room. (Oh yeah, I had to do some “sub crawling” to evaluate the difference between a couple placement options I had, heh)