Hi,
I'm looking for a little advice on adding a subwoofer or subwoofers to my LS50 W2s. The low-end presence of the LS50 W2s is actually quite good but I feel it could be better and clearly there will be frequencies below where the KEFs roll-off that they simply can't produce. What I'm looking to achieve is to pick up those low frequencies south of 45 to 50Hz (anyone know exactly where the LS50 W2s roll-off?) and perhaps help the KEFs out with the lowest frequencies in their range (below 80Hz?).
I've settled on 2 options (but am open to other suggestions):
1. Two x REL Tzero M3s used in stereo
2. Single REL T5i (with the idea that I might buy a second at a later date if it seems necessary).
So the main question is; would option 1 be better than option 2 in this use case? I'm leaning towards Option 2 which I think will allow the sub to go to lower frequencies with the option to add a second later. This may be due to not having heard the effect of stereo subwoofers on a system.
BTW does it matter which of the LS50 W2 speaker's sub outs I chose to use in the single subwoofer case? I can't see this mentioned by KEF anywhere. The secondary speaker (left) is in a more convenient location to allow placement of the single subwoofer so I'd prefer to connect the sub to that.
Any thoughts welcome.
Steve.
I'm looking for a little advice on adding a subwoofer or subwoofers to my LS50 W2s. The low-end presence of the LS50 W2s is actually quite good but I feel it could be better and clearly there will be frequencies below where the KEFs roll-off that they simply can't produce. What I'm looking to achieve is to pick up those low frequencies south of 45 to 50Hz (anyone know exactly where the LS50 W2s roll-off?) and perhaps help the KEFs out with the lowest frequencies in their range (below 80Hz?).
I've settled on 2 options (but am open to other suggestions):
1. Two x REL Tzero M3s used in stereo
2. Single REL T5i (with the idea that I might buy a second at a later date if it seems necessary).
So the main question is; would option 1 be better than option 2 in this use case? I'm leaning towards Option 2 which I think will allow the sub to go to lower frequencies with the option to add a second later. This may be due to not having heard the effect of stereo subwoofers on a system.
BTW does it matter which of the LS50 W2 speaker's sub outs I chose to use in the single subwoofer case? I can't see this mentioned by KEF anywhere. The secondary speaker (left) is in a more convenient location to allow placement of the single subwoofer so I'd prefer to connect the sub to that.
Any thoughts welcome.
Steve.