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I bought 4 subwoofers and I'm absolutely not doing a DBA! Hah!

I just received shipments of 4 subwoofer drivers and they will not be going into a distributed bass array. 

I'm replacing my left and right speaker stands with powering subwoofers with 2 subwoofer drivers each.  I call them powering because they will be powering the 2-way monitors that will sit on top.  Here's a beauty shot of the insides.

The amp has all the DSP power I could need to produce perfect speaker measurements.   I wonder if JA at Stereophile would wax poetically if I priced them high enough?? laugh

1744240613802.pngeriksquires · 2025-04-09 11:17 pm at 11:17 PM

erik_squires
tomcarr
1,819 posts
 

Nice. Short piece in last month's Stereophile about subwoofer placement. 

I know my two subs sound best placed next to the two speakers.

Amazing how two subs, properly positioned, will give not just deeper bass, but also enlarged soundstage and more "air".

erik_squires OP
17,598 posts
 

@tomcarr Yes indeed.  I've heard it happen.  Also check out the AM Acoustics room mode simulator for help with placing your speakers and listening location. 

audiokinesis
2,800 posts
 

Very nice!

Two woofers per enclosure would theoretically give you the option of using a force-cancelling configuration.   Depending on the enclosure width and motor depth, you might even be able to keep the same overall shape, though you would probably need to move the plate amp north so that its isolation chamber doesn't interfere with the woofers. 

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