Is two Subs better than One?

Dear Baam23f: The Mhalers are very good/clever thinking design and that's why they choose to lower the normal IMD/HD, that exist on almost other speaker designs , crossing from midrange to the low drivers around 70-80hz and this is exactly what I'm talking about.

Now, you choose too a very well matched amplifier ( bryston ) because the Mhalers goes down near 2 Ohms in the low bass and the Bryston has a very low output impedance and the power to handle easy.

+++++ " I believe that if the mains are made with quality it's an overkill to cut them out, especially in my case.." +++++

I agree with you.

+++++ " I will buy a stentor, and then I'll try to integrate the two " +++++

I like and respect your wide " open mind " on the subject. Which are my thoughts here?:

well, IMHO the integration of two subs in full stereo fashion ( by-passing the Mhaler low drivers. ) in your system could help ( maybe ) not only to go deeper on the low bass but more important than that could be two things ( between other less important ones ) : leave the Bryston free of work in the 70-80hz/down frequency range and in this manner is probable that the Bryston improve its quality performance in the main remaining frequency range.

The second thing is that because the low mid-bass/low bass frequency range will be handled by two subwoofers where its drivers were specific designed for that range ( same as Mhalers but these ones goes to 30hz -5db and -10db at 22hz and we don't know with which distortions level. ) and where those drivers are paired with amplifiers that match exactly the subwoofers parameters: frequency response, electrical impedance, damping, power, distortions, etc., it could be that you could have a quality improvement.
Like you say: " We will see ".

Regards and enjoy the music.
Raul.

Absolutely yes. Running two SW-12s with a set of Aerial 20T's and it helps even out the base response of the overall room. One sub is in a corner boundary so it's turned down and has a different crossover versus the sub that sits in the middle of the space and doesn't have the room boundary support.

>>Absolutely yes. Running two SW-12s with a set of Aerial 20T's and it helps even out the base response of the overall room. One sub is in a corner boundary so it's turned down and has a different crossover versus the sub that sits in the middle of the space and doesn't have the room boundary support<<

That's interesting.
I am in a similar situation. One sub in the corner and another one in the center (at leas until I decide whether to keep one or both. The problem is that one is a Stentor and another one is a Stadium. Any suggestion on which one should be placed in the corner? -at least as a starting point. Moving big subs around in my living room is very challenging.

Baam

I used to own the Mahlhers for 4 years til quite recently. I cannot imagine wanting a seperate sub for them They produce copius amounts of bass.
I'll agree with Raul in one aspect - gop buy the biggest, smoothest SS amp you can with great current and the Mahlers will sound even better.
I think raul's idea of cutting your bass off and replacing with subs is plain and simple stupid IMO with the Mahlers.

enjoy

Dear Downunder: It is no surprise here that like always you don't " read " what is posted.

this was my answer to Baamf23 post about:

+++++ " I believe that if the mains are made with quality it's an overkill to cut them out, especially in my case.." +++++

I agree with you.

then he posted:

+++++ " I will buy a stentor, and then I'll try to integrate the two " +++++

and this was mine:

+++++ "
I like and respect your wide " open mind " on the subject. " +++++

along this I only give my thoughts about, nothing more.

Your post: +++++ " subs is plain and simple stupid .." +++++

like always speaks for who you are.

Regards and enjoy the music.
Raul.