I’ve collected a few subs from BK hq over the years. Really hope they’ve tidied up the office ...
It depends what you want to do with the subwoofer. If you just want to have louder booming bass and aren't bothered about integrating the subs with the mains or the room then they are good value subwoofers by home audio standards. If you want decent quality bass and cleaned up mains then you need the sub to return a high passed signal to the amp and to include a way to specify the gain and time delay with frequency. Alternatively you can do this with an upstream box of electronics like a PC, minidsp, probably some AVR receivers, etc... and supply a low passed signal to the sub with whatever controls it has got set to off.Hello, I'm thinking of experimenting with a sub for my Harbeth C7s. BK seem to be well thought of in the price range I'm considering i.e. not too pricey. But is there anything else I should look at?
Thanks, looks like this will take a bit of research. I was considering this thing, mentioned in another thread, if it turned out to be necessary, but was kind of hoping I'd just get lucky.It depends what you want to do with the subwoofer. If you just want to have louder booming bass and aren't bothered about integrating the subs with the mains or the room then they are good value subwoofers by home audio standards. If you want decent quality bass and cleaned up mains then you need the sub to return a high passed signal to the amp and to include a way to specify the gain and time delay with frequency. Alternatively you can do this with an upstream box of electronics like a PC, minidsp, probably some AVR receivers, etc... and supply a low passed signal to the sub with whatever controls it has got set to off.
There are similar studio subwoofers around the BK price point and they will likely offer a filtered return signal to the amplifier enabling better integration with the mains. Looks will be poor though. Price would need to be raised to get adequate gain and delay control.
Thanks, looks like this will take a bit of research. I was considering this thing, mentioned in another thread, if it turned out to be necessary, but was kind of hoping I'd just get lucky.
You’ve obviously not been there!I hope not. It might encourage them to put their prices up!
It depends what you want to do with the subwoofer. If you just want to have louder booming bass and aren't bothered about integrating the subs with the mains or the room then they are good value subwoofers by home audio standards. If you want decent quality bass and cleaned up mains then you need the sub to return a high passed signal to the amp and to include a way to specify the gain and time delay with frequency. Alternatively you can do this with an upstream box of electronics like a PC, minidsp, probably some AVR receivers, etc... and supply a low passed signal to the sub with whatever controls it has got set to off.
There are similar studio subwoofers around the BK price point and they will likely offer a filtered return signal to the amplifier enabling better integration with the mains. Looks will be poor though. Price would need to be raised to get adequate gain and delay control.
I have! A bit, shall we say...tatty. But their subs are super. I bought one of their 1,000W panel amps to replace the broken one in an SVS sub I use as part of my A/V system. It works a real treat. I've also got one of their little square ones (can't remember the model number) I bought S/H for use in another home & it's quite remarkable for its size.You’ve obviously not been there!
It is a fair chunk of money for a few IIR filters. Unless you have an AVR receiver doing the filtering there doesn't seem to be a low passed signal around for the mains. This is a significant disadvantage particularly if you don't have large woofers in your main speakers. It seems to be automatic and only setup for the sub to be a source and so you wouldn't be able to instruct the sub to be an absorber (e.g. put the sub behind you and set it up to absorb the main axial mode). A bit limited but the more flexible options will require more effort to understand, implement and assess the various options.Thanks, looks like this will take a bit of research. I was considering this thing, mentioned in another thread, if it turned out to be necessary, but was kind of hoping I'd just get lucky.
You’ve obviously not been there!
I was considering this thing,
Thanks all, I'm persuaded to put my plans for this on hold.
I'm sorry to hear that Sean. I guess it all began to feel a bit complicated and expensive?Thanks all, I'm persuaded to put my plans for this on hold.