Colin L
High-tech low-life
I too am thinking about 2.2 setups.
Ever since I moved to floor standing speakers, I discovered that I am a bit of a bass head - especially on electronica, I often had the "what the f*** was that!?"-experience when listening to a track and bass was revealed I did not know existed before.
The Dynaudios I am currently using have their -3dB at 35Hz (anechoic), so that's not exactly subterranean, compared to some subs which have their -3dB point at 20Hz or less, but they certainly go deeper than the Harbeths I was using before.
However, floor standing speakers going as low as 20Hz are usually expensive, huge, heavy, and need oodles of power to be driven adequately.
All this leaves me thinking if good stand mounts plus two subs, to be placed next to the stands, would not be a better, more cost effective solution, especially given that - natch - I would be combining it with room correction.
The Lyngdorf room correction would also allow me to use its digital XO functionality, diverting everything below, say, 50Hz to the subs, everything above to the power amp driving the standmounts, all in the digital domain.
Does somebody have experience WRT sub/sat driver integration, when the sub is sitting next to the speaker(s)? I could imagine that it is far easier to hear the sub/sat system as a whole (provided the XO frequency is chosen sensibly) in such a case, than when the sub is sitting somewhere behind the sofa or wherever.
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Much easier to integrate two subs when they are position next to the main speakers, and almost obligatory with stereo subs. For optimum integration Wilson Benesch recommend this set up, and with a single sub it should be positioned between the main speakers, the same distance to the listener. It works for me.