Subwoofers are not just about low frequency extension. Subwoofers allow one to even the bass response in a room without compromising optimal main loudspeaker setup. The best spot for a speaker in regard to (for example and not limited to) stereo imaging is hardly ever the best spot for the best bass response.
Low frequencies cause the biggest acoustic troubles (and the hardest to "fix") in most (all!?) rooms but the good thing about them is that below a certain frequency treshold (some say 80Hz, some a bit more or less) the human hearing can't locate the exact origin of low frequencies which makes it possible to place one or more subs and place these at the best spots in a room for LF reproduction while at the same time optimal main LS placement after off loading LF reproduction from these mains.
After having owned multiple full range loudspeakers I today would probably buy smaller loudspeakers with less LF extension and augment them with multiple subwoofers. And these would not all need to go down to the lowest sub bass frequencies!
I think that most people with average musical preferences and average rooms after having heard a proper sub, properly setup so that it blends in well, would prefer to not go back to a regular setup without a sub. (a/one sub can of course be substituted for multiple subs in this sentence).
Low frequencies cause the biggest acoustic troubles (and the hardest to "fix") in most (all!?) rooms but the good thing about them is that below a certain frequency treshold (some say 80Hz, some a bit more or less) the human hearing can't locate the exact origin of low frequencies which makes it possible to place one or more subs and place these at the best spots in a room for LF reproduction while at the same time optimal main LS placement after off loading LF reproduction from these mains.
After having owned multiple full range loudspeakers I today would probably buy smaller loudspeakers with less LF extension and augment them with multiple subwoofers. And these would not all need to go down to the lowest sub bass frequencies!
I think that most people with average musical preferences and average rooms after having heard a proper sub, properly setup so that it blends in well, would prefer to not go back to a regular setup without a sub. (a/one sub can of course be substituted for multiple subs in this sentence).
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