Some folks have some good points here.. first, Rotel is good BUT.. a really great pre and power amp, or a passive pre and a high end power amp could really surprise you with bass improvements. Of course that avenue is not cheap. Also as Chazzbo states, the use of a SUBwoofer is to augment those very bottom octaves and really should not stand out calling attention to itself. I have found with my Rel-based Rega Vulcan than placement firing upward, backward, downward, frontward, and also moving unit sometimes by inches makes differences in sound. Very necessary for me is the placement of the sub's feet on mod squad soft shoes.
Did I really need a sub woffer in the first place?
I recently added a subwoffer which I thought would enhance the sound of my 2 channel music system. I have a Rotel amp (380 watts) with the matching Rotel preamp and Rotel CD player and Energy Veritas 2.4 speakers. I bought a REL Britannia B1 subwoffer to enhance the bass.
Well now that I have it set up I'm not that happy with what it adds vs what I spent ($1,850). I'm wishing I would have put that money toward a turntable instead.
Wondering if maybe I've just got it set up incorrectly - there are so many adjustments like Mode Switch used to set the phase and to bypass crossover for Low Level input. Also has these switches:
Lo Level
Hi Level
Fine Roll Off
Coarse Roll Off
For an additional $100 the stereo shop will send a guy over to 'tune' the system. Wondering if I'm just throwing good money after bad and maybe I'll cut my losses and sell it here on the Audiogon classified section.
Any thoughts or suggestions?
Thanks
By the way - I love my Subwoffer I have in my home theatre. Could'nt watch an action movie without it.
Well now that I have it set up I'm not that happy with what it adds vs what I spent ($1,850). I'm wishing I would have put that money toward a turntable instead.
Wondering if maybe I've just got it set up incorrectly - there are so many adjustments like Mode Switch used to set the phase and to bypass crossover for Low Level input. Also has these switches:
Lo Level
Hi Level
Fine Roll Off
Coarse Roll Off
For an additional $100 the stereo shop will send a guy over to 'tune' the system. Wondering if I'm just throwing good money after bad and maybe I'll cut my losses and sell it here on the Audiogon classified section.
Any thoughts or suggestions?
Thanks
By the way - I love my Subwoffer I have in my home theatre. Could'nt watch an action movie without it.