Wilson Audio Subwoofer Placement

[Elliot G.]

It is pejorative of you to suggest that "you have to buy subwoofers." As somebody who would add subwoofers to a ham sandwich, there are loads of legitimately full range speakers to which I would add subwoofers.

i prefer my ham sandwiches with swiss and mayo and mustard. Subwoofers are hard to bite through.
Subs can be used in a line array , see Infinity and Genesis speakers and Gobel master showroom has a sick set up as well.
There is almost no end to the insanity if you want to lay the piper

 

[Ron Resnick]

and yet every time you see them it has subs? things that make you go HMMMMMM LOL

You have to ask Danny. He had XVX with no subwoofers.

 

[Ron Resnick]

they have everything to integrate them and get maximum results. Adjustable phase in 1 degree increments allows for perfect timing . This is available in the latest software for a about a year

Those Sovereigns are amazing, yes.

 

[microstrip]

You have to ask Danny. He had XVX with no subwoofers.

As far as I know most users of XLFs have no subs - I did not need them in my previous room. In the current one they are absolutely needed.

 

[Elliot G.]

Everywhere I have seen the XVX it was with subs, Munich, Harley's and most pictures posted of them and the Chronosonics all have subs. No value judgement just the reality I have seen.

 

[sbo6]

I can speak to this, at least partly. I have done several LoKe subwoofer setups and the ideal placement tends to be 2-6” (usually 4” is the best) away from the main speaker raked to an angle of the main speakers woofer, and a phase degree of 6-11 depending on type of amplifier, usually 6-7 for tube gear. You dial them in based on a click track.

The larger Chronosonic style woofers are designed to be placed on the corner back wall but similar setup procedures apply.

How can one possibly provide phase guidance which is based on axial, tangential and oblique room modes' interactions from the mains and the subs and their location along with the listening location and specific room dimensions?