+1 on this. If you are running subs, then probably not much of an upgrade unless you also are running these in a very large room. You might try crossing at 75 or 80 hz too.
Correct, one svs pb 2000 pro.
Move the F206 to side surround and F208s up front. Problem solved
I think money spent on a second matching sub (and a miniDSP and UMIK-1 if you don't have one) would be smarter money than upgrading to the F208.
Not familiar with miniDSP. Is it important if I have Audyssey XT 32? Reading online I see some people using this for sub eq.
Audyssey XT32 can only correct for 1 sub channel. Sometimes this works fine with 2 subs, but sometimes it doesn't. If you already have Audyssey XT32, I'd try that alone with dual subs and if REW measurements look good for the listening positions you care about, then you are good to go. If you mostly only care about one specific listening location, you will likely get good results. It's a lot less effort if this works.
I went thru this dilemma almost 10 years ago when I bought the F208. The F206 are great speakers and with a sub the F208 would be a modest upgrade sound wise. But visually the F208 is a much larger speaker and looks more imposing. If you are watching a movie, with the C208, I’m not even sure you can tell between the two.
It's hard for me to imagine wanting more impactful bass than what a single PB 2000 pro provides. Could you describe the benefits of adding a second sub? I could imagine symmetry being a good reason to have two, but I've read online people typically can't blindly locate the source of <80Hz. If that's the case, what does adding a second sub provide? Is it a clear and obvious improvement?
The two speakers share midrange and tweeter and should sound pretty much identical above 300 Hz or wherever they are crossed. Both speakers are excellent speakers and should sound pretty much the same anyway except for SPL where the two bigger woofers will be able to produce higher SPL.
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I had one JL Audio e112 sub, and it's quite powerful, and I thought the same thing before I got two. It's not about more/louder bass. It's about smoother bass that fills in many (and possibly all) of the nulls that you get with one sub. Below is my living room with one JL e112 vs two. Notice the bass SPL is the same, but the nulls are cleaned up. I also got deeper extension below 20 Hz. My wife's seat was an even bigger mess, and the second sub cleaned up her bass response almost as well as mine.
What he said. Massive improvements frequency wise.
That 100 Hz dip is a compromise. I get the dip, my wife gets a peak. The dip is the same size with one sub, with the difference here being that I did a slight correction with MultEQ-X to help my position some, without ruining it for her with a big peak. I could 100% flatten the dip for me, but it'll give my wife a equal peak in the same spot. Her peak is audibly worse than my null. I tested crossover points from 40-120 Hz and none of the trade-offs were any better than 80 Hz. I also played with sub distance and a few other tweaks.
Room size into play?
16' x15' x9'
