Hi y’all.
I’m very close to getting my sound as good as I can hope for. Room and power grid sorted, analog, digital, amps all sounding great. Cables, dedicated lines, balanced power, grounding, vibration isolation platforms all exemplary. My Zus that aren’t much loved by the taste meisters in the high end, continue to really talk to me.
Interestingly the last area that I’ve found has made a big difference is the absolutely correct settings on my onboard Zu subs.
So the other day, I really turned the wick up, raising the rafters in my roof space audio room, and it was instantly apparent I had my settings too high.
Adjusted down from 40Hz to 30Hz, and level from 5/10 to 3-4/10. And now things sounding so much more open, less opaque in mids, faster bass lines, and critically more open and airy treble.
Now this has got me thinking that going the whole hog to a pair of dedicated subs will take me further to an even more exemplary sound.
Esp w the possibility of siting the subs independent of the main spkrs.
But critically, I want to rid myself of the last potential weakness in the system, which is the 300W Class D Hypex N-Core amps internal to the Zus that power the 12” downfiring woofers.
Particularly relevant since the full range drivers and Radian tweeters in the Zus are powered by high quality 70W NAT Audio 211 tubed SETs, a league above those Hypex modules.
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Ok, preamble over.
I’m concluding (rightly or wrongly) I should be looking for a pair of subs that
1- have a full set of crossover adjustments
2- Class A/AB, 300W at least, absolutely no Class D
3- would be as “reasonably” seamless w my Class A 211s to main Zus
Any and all suggestions welcome.
FWIW, my Zus go full range down to 40 Hz, indeed in my room close to 30Hz, so these subs will only be needed for output below 30-40Hz, the Zus are good for everything above this.
Thanks in advance to everyone who contributes.
I’m very close to getting my sound as good as I can hope for. Room and power grid sorted, analog, digital, amps all sounding great. Cables, dedicated lines, balanced power, grounding, vibration isolation platforms all exemplary. My Zus that aren’t much loved by the taste meisters in the high end, continue to really talk to me.
Interestingly the last area that I’ve found has made a big difference is the absolutely correct settings on my onboard Zu subs.
So the other day, I really turned the wick up, raising the rafters in my roof space audio room, and it was instantly apparent I had my settings too high.
Adjusted down from 40Hz to 30Hz, and level from 5/10 to 3-4/10. And now things sounding so much more open, less opaque in mids, faster bass lines, and critically more open and airy treble.
Now this has got me thinking that going the whole hog to a pair of dedicated subs will take me further to an even more exemplary sound.
Esp w the possibility of siting the subs independent of the main spkrs.
But critically, I want to rid myself of the last potential weakness in the system, which is the 300W Class D Hypex N-Core amps internal to the Zus that power the 12” downfiring woofers.
Particularly relevant since the full range drivers and Radian tweeters in the Zus are powered by high quality 70W NAT Audio 211 tubed SETs, a league above those Hypex modules.
—
Ok, preamble over.
I’m concluding (rightly or wrongly) I should be looking for a pair of subs that
1- have a full set of crossover adjustments
2- Class A/AB, 300W at least, absolutely no Class D
3- would be as “reasonably” seamless w my Class A 211s to main Zus
Any and all suggestions welcome.
FWIW, my Zus go full range down to 40 Hz, indeed in my room close to 30Hz, so these subs will only be needed for output below 30-40Hz, the Zus are good for everything above this.
Thanks in advance to everyone who contributes.