Subs as 3pi stands? [message #70350] |
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Speqtre
Messages: 12 Registered: November 2010 Location: Arizona
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Hi Wayne,
I read through as much as the forum as I could, but didn't see this asked.
I did see that you recommend the flanking sub approach, to the side of and a bit behind the mains.
I plan on putting LCR 3pi's behind an AT screen with two subs. Can I somehow use the subs as stands for the LR 3pi's? (probably with another, short stand to get the 3pi at the desired listening height, or possibly something attached to the top of the DIY sub)
Thanks,
Ken
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Re: Subs as 3pi stands? [message #70351 is a reply to message #70350] |
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Wayne Parham
Messages: 18753 Registered: January 2001
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You can use the subs as stands, which effectively makes them the same as a three-way loudspeaker. But I wouldn't do that, for precisely the point you alluded to: Flanking subs. For them to work best, they must be a few feet away, in between the mains and the nearest boundaries. The best place to put flanking subs is beside, below and behind - offset in all three dimensions, between the mains and the wall behind them, between the mains and the floor, and between the mains and the nearest side wall.
If you put the mains directly on the subs, you're only offset in the vertical, but not in the fore-aft or the lateral horizontals. My suggestion is to put the mains on stands, and to put the subs in flanking positions, below, behind and beside the mains.
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