In Reply to: What am I not understanding? posted by 2-ears on October 31, 2020 at 16:03:31:
It's placement.
A floor stander with a decent sized woofer can put out almost as much bass as a sub... when it's in the corner. But, we put floorstanders where they image best, not where they excite the most bass modes. If fact, where speakers seem to image bass, they tend to produce unholy (hole filled) low bass.
Subs ameliorate this problem by permitting specialised placement for the lowest octaves while leaving the floor standers in the middle of the room where they image the best.
For those with speakers rammed in the corners, ignore this post.
Cheers,
Presto
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- RE: What am I not understanding? - Presto 22:15:27 11/04/20 (1)
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