Hey all,

I'm Betsy curious, so have a question about placement.
My current setup has a pair of floorstanders (fostex drivers, in a TL enclosure), and they are coupled with a pair of subwoofers.

I was wondering if the Betsy's can be placed on top of the subwoofer (with appropriate isolation)? Most images I've seen have them on the floor, but space is a premium, so getting them off the ground is a bit of a necessity.

I don't understand how they would take up less space setting on something vs setting on the floor unless you are talking about setting them on other furniture.

This I believe is very enticing to experiment on. After some great advice from Randy, I have been using an affordable 10” Elac subwoofer to complement the Betsy’s. I run speaker wires from Betsy binding posts to the subwoofer’s with no issues whatsoever. After experimenting a bit with the subwoofer settings and placement, very happy with the result. I previously thought a subwoofer would diminish the Betsy magic a bit, but Elac so far achieved what I could not achieve with Rel or Yamaha or SVS somehow.

Now that I started believing in subwoofers (thanks Randy), I have been thinking about adding a second one and placing them both under the Betsy’s. As suggested by Randy, you’ll lose some Betsy bass, but subwoofer will be there to compensate, right? After all, Cube Audio’s 8” drivers seem to resemble the Betsy’s in performance, and they have been employing this 8-incher-on-top-of-subwoofers apparently to a great degree of success. Of course Betsy’s love to be distant from the front wall while the box design subs might not, but let’s go for it for the sheer fun of experimentation!

I will report back with highly non-scientific impressions and photos next week.

Hi Emre,

Many thanks for sharing your experience .....

The proximity of the driver to the floor is an important factor in the tonal balance of the Betsy baffles.

The subwoofer will add "low bass", but some frequencies in the lower midrange will be lost if the baffles are not "coupled" to the floor.

Your input will certainly be valuable to other Betsy baffle owners who are considering adding a subwoofer to their system.

Best wishes,
Randy