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Is a subwoofer 'overkill?'

i just bought a subwoofer hereabouts. The deal want well and i hooked it up. i can certainly 'hear' it. My wife is agast.

Yes, even at the lowest settings it sounds a bit loud.

Thoughts. Should I save it for movies? Turn it off when she gets home?

Note; This is a woman who can hear changes I make when I roll my tubes, better than I can. She know even when I don't tell her.

Bummer: the wife has zero appreciation of high-end audio, but hears better than me.

Unclejeff (Threads | Answers | This Thread)

01-05-07

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01-06-07 Sounds like it's not set up properly. possible that: 1) th ... Itball

01-06-07 pull the sub further away from the room boundaries to tam ... Aolmrd1241

01-06-07 Sounds to me like there isn't optimal integration. when cros ... Photon46

01-06-07 Assuming you're running a powered sub, connected with rca's. ... Getheleadout

01-06-07 You may be exciting room resonances that were not evident be ... Eldartford

01-06-07: Ptheo
Velodyne SMS-1 EQ/RTA is the way to go. You can smooth out the bass peaks/valleys and when the wife gets home, put it in night mode in which reduces output up to(user adjustable) 20%-90%!
Ptheo (Threads | Answers | This Thread)

01-06-07 +1 on room mode excitation. try some different locations awa ... Steuspeed

01-06-07 My main speakers are good to 25 hz, so i only use the subwoo ... Jmcgrogan2

01-06-07 A well set up subwoofer is seamless and doesn't draw attenti ... Tvad

01-06-07 Download the test tones from the m&k pro web site and verify ... Bob_reynolds