Subwoofer boom is too much for me...

@kota1 

I used to have four B&W 800 series subs. I no longer have subwoofers in my audio system. I’ve had subwoofers for thirty years. I found them helpful but frustrating to sound right. They did a great job of extending the sound stage but getting them to integrate well was always difficult. I still have two in my home theater… there position is not changeable.
 

I got rid of mine when I upgraded to my Sonus Faber Amati speakers. Could they be enhanced with subwoofers. Sure. But they do well enough for me without subs and I enjoy the perfect coherency across the audio spectrum I get with just the Amatis. 
 

I completely understand why folks like them. The trick is to have the space to set them up and a deep knowledge of the physics.

@ghdprentice

The trick is to have the space to set them up and a deep knowledge of the physics.

Hmmmm, so in your opinion the layman shouldn’t use a subwoofer without engaging a physicist? I have 0 problems with your system, I think it is excellent. Your room is excellent. Your advice makes me wonder. I don’t think you need to be a physicist to set up a subwoofer. I stand by my post above:

A) Place your sub (s) according to the manufacturers recommendations.

B) Place bass traps from floor to ceiling in the corners.

C) Run a dsp program like DIRAC, Audyssey, ARC,Mini-DSP, DSPeaker, etc.

Leave the physics to the sub designers and DSP programmers.

You don’t have to believe me, a simple measurement will confirm. Using two subs should be much better bass management than one. If you have the space for four, great, but that is a nice to have, not a need to have.

Earl Geddes:

"There is a whole mystique around subwoofers I won't get into. This is the LEAST critical of all speakers because of its limited bandwidth."

pg 236 (12.3.b The Subwoofer)

@kota1

No I am not saying a layman should not use subs. I am saying he should learn about subwoofers and their placement and use the great tools available to help him… for instance that great video that explains the physics of placement. They actually have a series.

Try an isolation device under the sub.  When I did this with my previous sub and turned the system back on, I thought I had forgotten to power up the sub.  All the settings were the same but the boom was missing.  This was a better tweak than the full wall of panels and bass traps I had at the time.

Also, the less expensive subs made me think I could never properly integrate a sub with the mains, be it monitor or floor standers.  Having a quality sub changed that perspective. I run a JL Audio E112 now.

Good luck get set up.  Usually winds up being an experiment of sorts.