I've recently moved out of the condo and purchased a house, very exciting!
I FINALLY got my system fully set up a couple of nights ago (full 7.1 this time, also very exciting). On the up side, the new living room is bigger and actually has room for a proper 7.1 set up with space between the seating position and the back wall, but on the down side, this is multi-purpose room (no dedicated theater for me any time soon) and equally relevant: it's something of a nightmare acoustically. It's not huge (about 18.5 x 19), it's nearly square, and it has large openings: on the right to another, even larger room, and it's entirely open in the back to the kitchen (which is only a bit smaller than the LR). Sound treatments MIGHT help but that's going to be a tough sell with a designer for a wife. I'd provide some of the fancy acoustical charts that are so popular on here, but I don't have all the gear needed to do so, although it's on my list.
Here's the rub: I've noticed that the bass is not as nice as it was in my smaller condo living room. Not a huge surprise in retrospect, but now I have to figure out what to do.
These speakers are being pushed by a Denon 3312 receiver:
Klipsch RF-35 Floorstanders
Klipsch RC-35 Center
Klipsch RS-41 II Surrounds (side)
Klipsch RB-42 II Bookshelfs (back)
Emotiva Ultra Sub 12
My first instinct is to add a second Emotiva Ultra 12. Two matched subs are something I've wanted for a while anyway, and the price is definitely right at $400 (buying a house and getting everything settled has decimated my spare cash, to say the least). My receiver does have a second sub output, although it's just an internal splitter and Audyssey MultEQ XT treats them as one sub. Sub placement is pretty limited as well, due to WAF issues, os it will probably need to go on the other side of the TV, mirroring the existing one. The SVS AQ-1 is out of reach for now, too, so EQ and optimization options are pretty limited at the moment.
So the question is, would adding the second Emo sub really help me out to get the bass I want to feel, or am I really going to be out of luck with anything short of a significantly more beefy sub in teh $500-800 range (or better, something like the $1200 SB13 Plus... triple the cost of the Emo!)? (Or another interesting option, the HSU ULS-15 for $1100... but again, these high end subs are going to be out of my price range for a while to come... even the $800 range is going to be tough)
I FINALLY got my system fully set up a couple of nights ago (full 7.1 this time, also very exciting). On the up side, the new living room is bigger and actually has room for a proper 7.1 set up with space between the seating position and the back wall, but on the down side, this is multi-purpose room (no dedicated theater for me any time soon) and equally relevant: it's something of a nightmare acoustically. It's not huge (about 18.5 x 19), it's nearly square, and it has large openings: on the right to another, even larger room, and it's entirely open in the back to the kitchen (which is only a bit smaller than the LR). Sound treatments MIGHT help but that's going to be a tough sell with a designer for a wife. I'd provide some of the fancy acoustical charts that are so popular on here, but I don't have all the gear needed to do so, although it's on my list.
Here's the rub: I've noticed that the bass is not as nice as it was in my smaller condo living room. Not a huge surprise in retrospect, but now I have to figure out what to do.
These speakers are being pushed by a Denon 3312 receiver:
Klipsch RF-35 Floorstanders
Klipsch RC-35 Center
Klipsch RS-41 II Surrounds (side)
Klipsch RB-42 II Bookshelfs (back)
Emotiva Ultra Sub 12
My first instinct is to add a second Emotiva Ultra 12. Two matched subs are something I've wanted for a while anyway, and the price is definitely right at $400 (buying a house and getting everything settled has decimated my spare cash, to say the least). My receiver does have a second sub output, although it's just an internal splitter and Audyssey MultEQ XT treats them as one sub. Sub placement is pretty limited as well, due to WAF issues, os it will probably need to go on the other side of the TV, mirroring the existing one. The SVS AQ-1 is out of reach for now, too, so EQ and optimization options are pretty limited at the moment.
So the question is, would adding the second Emo sub really help me out to get the bass I want to feel, or am I really going to be out of luck with anything short of a significantly more beefy sub in teh $500-800 range (or better, something like the $1200 SB13 Plus... triple the cost of the Emo!)? (Or another interesting option, the HSU ULS-15 for $1100... but again, these high end subs are going to be out of my price range for a while to come... even the $800 range is going to be tough)