Keta- Where do those specs come from? The manufacturer?

I'd have more faith in them if it's either from a Stereophile speaker review, or if you go to the louspeaker reviews here with the NRC logo, they also have comprehensive measurements:

www.audiovideoreviews.com

I used to lust after stereo subs too. But with the interference effects across the room, and the fact that bass below about 80 Hz is omnidirectional anyway (doesn't matter where you put the sub, the bass seems to come from "everywhere"), just makes them more hassle than they are worth IMO.

Oh yeah, if you *don't* think low freqs are omni-directional, play your favorite panning effect with low freqs and the crossover engaged. But turn off power completely to your high passed mains. I guarentee that you won't be able to tell where the bass is coming from. Turning off power to your mains eliminates the higher freq components that provide the "cues" with which you think you are hearing the directionality of the low freqs. THX didn't pick the 80 Hz crossover for nothing...

Here's the link to the analyzer software I use with my PC:

http://www.etfacoustic.com/

The demo is free. I heavily recommend it if you haven't done this kind of analysis for your room. It's an eye opener... I used to use a Radio Shack meter with a discrete test tone disc too. This is much faster. And because it's so much faster, you can do a lot more plots that *really* investigate what's going on in your room.


[This message has been edited by Kevin C Brown (edited March 07, 2003).]