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RE: 2 Subs better than one?

Posted by David Aiken on November 25, 2009 at 00:33:24:
I have no experience with Velodyne subs or Merlin speakers, never having heard either.

You've got a small room and you may well end up exciting room modes that aren't a problem with the Merlins, either because they're at lower frequencies or because the level of the music at that frequency will be noticeably higher with the sub so you may well need to consider some bass trapping as well.

Apart from that, my experience with a REL taught me that how well things sound depends a lot on how good a job of setup you do. Subs are sensitive to placement, as sensitive as speakers are, so you need to work on placement if you want to get the best results. If possible try to avoid having the sub any further away from the speakers, even a little bit closer since the electronic circuitry in the sub actually causes a small time delay. If the combined delay due to greater distance than the speakers and the electronic delay are long enough in total, you can blunt the impact of bass transients.