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Can anyone here give some advice? It's from one of our readers.

Hi there
>>
>> I have a strange (maybe not) enquiry, and am in dire straights!
>>
>> I have a pair of CV1515 cerwin vega's, and would hate to sell them. They
>> are too
>> big for my media room (2.7 x 6.6m) and are being under used, and not
>> performing
>> properly.
>>
>> I would like to see if this is possible. In each unit there are two 15"
>> woofers
>> and I would like to rewire them to dedicate the bottom woofer in each box
>> as
>> sub-woofers. Basically, if the terminology is right, seperate them from
>> the
>> crossover and add a low pass filter (?) to them.
>>
>> I also have 2 nad 218 power amps, one on each speaker, dedicated and
>> bridged -
>> yes - way overpowered, and they are hooked up to a T770 as front
>> channels. I
>> can let one amp power the "new" sub-woofer set up, and the other the two
>> cv1515
>> (now cv15!) units.
>>
>> If this is possible awesome, as I spent a couple of months building a
>> dedicated
>> media wall unit to house these speakers, and when I listened to the setup
>> I was
>> dissapointed by the bass response (pretty much a concrete room, but there
>> is
>> enough sound deadening on the walls etc) - and colouring.
>>
>> I am hoping this can tone down the setup a bit and not have to turn it up
>> large
>> just to get the huge bass that these speakers are capable of. So, where
>> do I
>> start - get a cerwin vega subwoofer crossover, and snip a couple of wires
>> etc?
>>
>> Please see if your experts can assist - thanks!
 

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