Hi Stefan. I use an equilateral triangle of subs for a few reasons: - I use small satellite speakers with a 125Hz cut-off frequency, so I can hear some directional cues from the subs, around 125Hz; the subs are on a small circle (radius=1.2m), which helps. - The left and right subs are also for listening to plain stereo. - Two or more subs can better distribute lower frequencies in a room. - I have 3 small subs because I bought three small 5.1 speakers sets...
Of course, I don't need to crank up the volume with three subs; they provide just enough bass, and a better envelopment. -- Marc On Sun, 19 Apr 2015 16:36:55 +0100, Stefan Schreiber wrote: > >Marc Lavallée wrote: > >A third sub would have been enough. I use a equilateral triangle of > >small subs, in a left/right/rear configuration, half a meter from the > >floor. > >-- > >Marc > > 3 subs seems to be a convincing LFE setup proposal... > > If you would not need any LF directions, x.1 formats (= 1 sub) would > suffice. > > Many cinema surround formats (10.2, 22.2) use two LFE channels from > the front. IF you need this for more convincing results, you could > argue that you will need at least three subs in the horizontal plane. > > (Assuming that we can hear < some but not much > LFE direction.) > > Best, > > Stefan _______________________________________________ Sursound mailing list Sursound@music.vt.edu https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound - unsubscribe here, edit account or options, view archives and so on.
