Subwoofers - is more, more?

Two subwoofers, too much? How much is too much? Well, we've got some good news for you – sometimes more is quite simply more. Otto's got the low down on the low end and explains all on this episode of Ask The Expert!

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Does it make sense to add another subwoofer to my system? I'm looking for improved bass, not more bass.

Well, actually, this question is spot on. The main purpose of adding a second subwoofer is about getting an even bass performance throughout the room, which will ultimately improve the overall sound quality of the bass. If you only have one subwoofer – as many of us do, of course – there may be some positions in the room where the bass is cancelling itself out. By having two subwoofers, you're able to spread out where the bass is coming from in the room, which means that you're also spreading out the cancellations and peaks in the room, resulting in a more averaged out, more even bass.

In the slave mode, I guess the second amplifier isn't used. Am I right?

Actually, no, that's not the case. The Dynaudio Sub 3 has a Slave Input mode, which means that when you run the signal from one subwoofer to the other, you can bypass the crossover and the volume control in the second subwoofer and control everything from just one of them. Once that is set up, you can basically adjust everything from the primary subwoofer, but you'll be using the amplifier and the power amplifier in both subwoofers to drive the system and getting the full performance out of both subwoofers, but with a simplified setup and control.

To summarise the answer to the original question – yes, a second subwoofer will improve the overall bass performance. And in fact, the Sub 3 is perfectly suited for that exact user case, due to the feature set that we developed for it.

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