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<blockquote data-quote="Max Warasila" data-source="post: 139456" data-attributes="member: 3845">Re: Frat house sub installation recommendationsAs someone about to go to college next year, I&#039;ve been thinking through some of this. (Just in case I need it... <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue&nbsp; &nbsp; :p"&nbsp; data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":p" /> )David has the right idea - a pair of solid two way monitors are great. However, as Tim said, it&#039;s not all low end that creates thump. I personally find it in the area right between lower midrange and true lows, but is more dependent on how the material itself was mixed.Anyway - point is... get a beefy pair of two way monitors (like the KRK Rokit 8s) and if that&#039;s not enough low end for you, add the matching sub. Embarrassing as it is, I personally use a recycled Samsung Home Theater system that I process through GarageBand. It&#039;s not fantastic, but it&#039;s good enough to reach 95dBA+ in my bedroom and get my parents mad, all while sounding plenty fine with somewhere around 5% THD and only 3 dollars invested.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Max Warasila, post: 139456, member: 3845"] Re: Frat house sub installation recommendations As someone about to go to college next year, I've been thinking through some of this. (Just in case I need it... :p ) David has the right idea - a pair of solid two way monitors are great. However, as Tim said, it's not all low end that creates thump. I personally find it in the area right between lower midrange and true lows, but is more dependent on how the material itself was mixed. Anyway - point is... get a beefy pair of two way monitors (like the KRK Rokit 8s) and if that's not enough low end for you, add the matching sub. Embarrassing as it is, I personally use a recycled Samsung Home Theater system that I process through GarageBand. It's not fantastic, but it's good enough to reach 95dBA+ in my bedroom and get my parents mad, all while sounding plenty fine with somewhere around 5% THD and only 3 dollars invested. [/QUOTE]

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