Are 2 different radios in one room better than one?

I have a Memorex cd/radio system with 2 speakers and an old-fashioned Crosley radio/iphone with one surround speaker. I figure why throw one away? Will using both simultaneously increase bass or surround quality or volume?

Try it!

In theory you could get better sound *IF* the speakers of both systems are in phase with each other.

Fnd, luk if you use both of them simultaneously it vl creat interference of sound waves! Bcz of which sound vl b gd at some point of room and irritating at other side. It may produce chaos so my advice is to use jst 1 rather than 2.

It's true there will be some sound interference which will make certain notes louder or softer depending where you are in the room. But you get this anyway with a system that has more than one speaker, and you get reflections from the room surfaces too.
I think I'd go for just the system with bigger speakers, I think this will give better bass on its own. But it's fun to do different things. Try moving the speakers around the room to find the positions for the best sound.

A lot depends on how you have them placed… If they are placed too close to one another you are more likely to get interference between the drivers of the different units placing the units further apart will minimize the cross interference that the different drivers can generate. Also it should be a little louder and bass should increase if not you are getting cross interference between the drivers…

Simply a bad idea. One stereo system playing in the same room is the best and only way to go.

First stereo is 2 channels, and a properly setup pair of stereo speakers can create a realistic stereo image, adding more speakers seriously degrades good stereo imaging. It will not increase bass or even volume, so simply not a good idea.

Kevin
40 years high end audio video specialist

The best thing to do with them is whatever you prefer.

Considering that both of them are poorly-made junk,
if they were mine, I would prefer to get rid of them
and use something better.

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