Even with my floor standing speakers, the subwoofer is appreciated.

Posted by willkayakforfood (A) on May 16, 2012 at 10:40:18

In Reply to: Listening with the sub-woofer off. posted by Raymond Leggs on May 15, 2012 at 15:31:16:

My two channel music system (separate from my TV/movie system) consists of floor standing speakers and a subwoofer, and I have no intention of turning off the subwoofer.

While rather old, and certainly modest by crazy audiophile standards, my NHT Model 2 floor standers (rated at 40Hz - 22kHz) work very well with my M&K 12" powered subwoofer.

I listen to a wide variety of music - including all forms of "Classical" (including pipe organ), to Jazz, and other types that often feature low bass frequencies.

While the NHT speakers do indeed go quite low (especially for an acoustic suspension system with dual 6.5" "woofers" in each tower), I often found myself somewhat dissatisfied with the depth and breadth of the bass. Once the subwoofer was added and carefully dialed in, the best way to describe the feeling was one of "relief". I no longer felt I needed to "will" the bass into fullness--it was just there, "with ease".

Though I'm quite happy with my current system for most of what I listen to (taking into consideration the size of my current listening room as well), I certainly wouldn't mind someday having an even more "full range" system (able to go even below my current 20Hz or so). After all, a big pipe organ can produce notes down to 16Hz. :)

In any event, I know that I don't want a system that only reaches down to a slightly rolled off 40Hz. Even if most of the music I listen to only goes down to around 40Hz, I want my system to be able to reach that point *with ease*, which means that it should be able to reach considerably lower without being rolled off.

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Topic - Listening with the sub-woofer off. - Raymond Leggs 15:31:16 05/15/12 (23)

depends on your sub and other elements in your system - pbarach 13:29:16 05/16/12 (1)

RE: depends on your sub and other elements in your system - dirtyvinyl 19:16:55 05/16/12 (0)

RE: Listening with the sub-woofer off. - Pro Sound Guy 13:26:09 05/16/12 (0)

RE: Listening with the sub-woofer off. - Jim Smith 12:54:09 05/16/12 (0)

Even with my floor standing speakers, the subwoofer is appreciated. - willkayakforfood 10:40:18 05/16/12 (2)

RE: Even with my floor standing speakers, the subwoofer is appreciated. - Mick Wolfe 08:13:31 05/17/12 (0)

Excellent interpretation... - Bill the K 05:42:02 05/17/12 (0)

RE: Listening with the sub-woofer off. - mtrot 09:50:55 05/16/12 (1)

RE: Listening with the sub-woofer off. - dbphd 10:52:46 05/16/12 (0)

RE: Listening with the sub-woofer off. - jazz1 08:09:46 05/16/12 (1)

RE: Listening with the sub-woofer off. - Disbeliever 08:29:48 05/16/12 (0)

RE: Listening with the sub-woofer off. - Disbeliever 04:54:34 05/16/12 (0)

RE: Listening with the sub-woofer off. - hahax@verizon.net 20:30:46 05/15/12 (2)

RE: Listening with the sub-woofer off. - goldenthal 15:24:50 05/17/12 (1)

RE: Listening with the sub-woofer off. - hahax@verizon.net 20:27:16 05/17/12 (0)

Multiple factors - E-Stat 16:36:16 05/15/12 (5)

RE: Multiple factors - Raymond Leggs 17:56:15 05/15/12 (4)

Sorry, but - E-Stat 05:54:48 05/16/12 (3)

...pawn shops have plenty of ... - musetap 11:03:10 05/16/12 (2)

RE: ...pawn shops have plenty of ... - Raymond Leggs 11:49:18 05/16/12 (1)

RE: ...pawn shops have plenty of ... - Raymond Leggs 11:55:33 05/16/12 (0)

RE: Listening with the sub-woofer off. - Ozzie 16:28:08 05/15/12 (1)

RE: Listening with the sub-woofer off. - ErikM 08:53:32 05/16/12 (0)

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Even with my floor standing speakers, the subwoofer is appreciated. - willkayakforfood 10:40:18 05/16/12 (2)

RE: Even with my floor standing speakers, the subwoofer is appreciated. - Mick Wolfe 08:13:31 05/17/12 (0)

Excellent interpretation... - Bill the K 05:42:02 05/17/12 (0)

Even with my floor standing speakers, the subwoofer is appreciated.

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