Re: Sub Placement Question

Is having the sub face the same way as the speakers ideal?<p>I am planning to get the Servo 15. Do you think I should keep the X15 sub control unit or ditch it?

Subs generally don''t care which they face, so it is not usually a major factor in placement.<br /> As for the second question, I will have to hand that off to someone else.

[TV]

driver orientation doesn''t matter except incidentally to other considerations(you don''t want the driver facing a wall..an inch from it for example).A much more important consideration is where in the room the subwoofer enclosure itself is located.<p> As for the XO box...you''ll need to determine if it enhances the subwoofer''s performance in any way. Modern DD receiver''s all have nice built-in subwoofer (lowpass)crossovers...so the crossover module from paradigm may be superfluous for this application.<p> TV

[Masherbrum]

Doesn''t care, just emits LFE.

[HAN]

Correct me if I''m wrong but without the X30 (or whatever the exact model # is), don''t you have zero control (on board the sub) over any crossover frequency, level or phase? <p>If your receiver or pre-amp/processor can do all of these things, then you won''t need the X30. <p>Otherwise, you might want to think twice??<p>(IMO, it''s hard enough to get a sub to blend well with the other speakers in a typical HT setup. If you are out of phase or can''t dial in the volume correctly, I''d think it would be nearly impossible. (Of course, a parametric equalizer would also come in handy...))