Can you setup a room

[SPH]

With 2 15"'s in the front and 2 12"'s in the back? Will this work?


I was thinking about putting 15's in the front and 12's in the back because those are pretty close to the seating area.

My wife and me watch a lot of movies but we are also music nuts. We listen to everything from gangster rap to country, and all things in between.

[Johnny Vinyl]

Originally Posted by SPH

With 2 15"'s in the front and 2 12"'s in the back? Will this work?


I was thinking about putting 15's in the front and 12's in the back because those are pretty close to the seating area.

My wife and me watch a lot of movies but we are also music nuts. We listen to everything from gangster rap to country, and all things in between.

And these would be what? Speakers? Subs? Can you elaborate a bit more specifically?

John

[cdot2four]

Lol you said gangster rap

[SPH]

subs


Yes, gangster rap..Dre, nwa, etc

[Johnny Vinyl]

Can't help you with that one...don't have a sub!

John

[brett_day]

in an ideal world you are going to want all of your subs to be the same so that they can all blend into your system seamlessly. You can use whatever you like though but it will just take longer to dial everything in if you use different components etc

[zweet77]

Originally Posted by brett_day

in an ideal world you are going to want all of your subs to be the same so that they can all blend into your system seamlessly. You can use whatever you like though but it will just take longer to dial everything in if you use different components etc

+1 but if you do mix and match keep it an even number and you have the right idea keeping the same size subs on the same size of the room.

[SPH]

Originally Posted by zweet77

+1 but if you do mix and match keep it an even number and you have the right idea keeping the same size subs on the same size of the room.

Ok, thanks for the help. I will just fill the room with 4 12"s and call it good. The room isnt that big anyway, so, 4 12's would be enough.

The room is probably 12x10 and open on 1 side

[Sammy]

Why not mix them, they're subs?

And why 4 in such a small room? There's more than just bass in music.

[Beta Man]

First.... I agree..... too many subs for such a small room.... what subs are you thinking of getting???? Not sure why you'd want 4 shoddy quality ones... rather than 2 decent ones... or 1 good one for such a small room....

Also, I'm not sure why you'd want 4 subs, let-alone 1, for music use..... If you have decent speakers, 2 channel is your best bet.

[SPH]

Originally Posted by Sammy

Why not mix them, they're subs?

And why 4 in such a small room? There's more than just bass in music.

I agree, but so far my polks cut through with mid and highs, more than lows. The room I have is a bass vacuum, even when I play my guitar it takes ear shattering volume to fill the room with low end.
I am really impressed with how smooth and distortion free this subs are.

I am using acoustic audio, and have to say so far they are better than the klipsch ones I have had and the polks, and most certainly tivoli. Seeing how I am in a townhouse style duplex at the moment, I am not going to spend a bunch into higher end equipment until we move into our house. The system I am currently building will be a great second for the bed room or office/we.

[primaz]

I would recommend the Outlaw Audio subs over the polks and others mentioned here.

[Driver_King]

Originally Posted by primaz

I would recommend the Outlaw Audio subs over the polks and others mentioned here.

Stop going to practically every thread and posting something about Outlaw Audio subs. You have been doing it since you joined. I have not said anything until now but damn.

[HAMP]

Originally Posted by Driver_King

Stop going to practically every thread and posting something about Outlaw Audio subs. You have been doing it since you joined. I have not said anything until now but damn.

I said this along time ago and I asked him if he worked for 'Outlaw'...
He never answered.

But..... ummmmm...... Driver King!!!!

That's what other have said about your and ed subs

[Driver_King]

Originally Posted by HAMP

I said this along time ago and I asked him if he worked for 'Outlaw'...
He never answered.

But..... ummmmm...... Driver King!!!!

That's what other have said about your and ed subs

No, they haven't. I recommend other subs all the time. In fact, I recommend almost every company according to the situation.

[Hammie]

If you are going to run 4 subs -- 2-15's and 2-12's, I would put them all on opposite walls, i.e., 12's on the front and back wall and the 15's on the left and right wall or the 4 corners of the room with the same speaker sizes in opposite corners.

Ideally, you would want them all to be the same size and output for uniformity, but if you can't do that, what I said above is my suggestion.

Additionally, like others said, that is a lot of bass in such a small room. I have a single 12" in a similar sized room (11x15) and I seem to get plenty. Although, I must be honest and have considered adding a second sub just for kicks.

[kingofgrills]

Originally Posted by SPH

With 2 15"'s in the front and 2 12"'s in the back? Will this work?


I was thinking about putting 15's in the front and 12's in the back because those are pretty close to the seating area.

My wife and me watch a lot of movies but we are also music nuts. We listen to everything from gangster rap to country, and all things in between.

Definite overkill unless you live in a big meeting hall. You'd be much better off with 1 or 2 high quality subs than 4 mediocre subs. Nothing can let a system down quicker than a poor performing subwoofer.

[Aerodude73]

Originally Posted by Driver_King

No, they haven't. I recommend other subs all the time. In fact, I recommend almost every company according to the situation.

+ 1. DK is the Driver King after all.

I've seen many posts by him for Various subs, speakers, avr's, etc. He's not a walking billboard for one item.

[SPH]

I have 2x12's right now in apposing corners of the (diag) and it sounds great.

The problem with the room is one side is open to the kitchen so the room is actually bigger than i stated. It has to fill almost 24'x15 so it does take some power. Overall the room sucks

[Fors*]

Originally Posted by SPH

I have 2x12's right now in apposing corners of the (diag) and it sounds great.

The problem with the room is one side is open to the kitchen so the room is actually bigger than i stated. It has to fill almost 24'x15 so it does take some power. Overall the room sucks

Yeah, I have a similiar problem with my HT room too and it does suck. But, based on your room set-up, 2 may be your best bet, as you can't really do anything with the space to the kitchen, unless you get into audio treatments, and even those will not be effective for what you want. You don't want to go with 3 subs, so using the 2 subs as you stated above is probably best.