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2-channel listening with a sub-woofer

Is anyone using a subwoofer for 2-channel listening? Have you ever heard a subwoofer for 2-channel listening?

If so, did the sub integrate seamlessly with the speakers? What sub was it?

When using a subwoofer, is it no longer important for the 2-channel amp to be able to drive the woofers?

For 2-channel, is a sub with a 15 inch driver faster than one with an 18 inch driver?

(say a 15 inch Velodyne DD vs an 18 inch Velodyne DD.
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donbellphd
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I use a Velodyne HGS-15 with a pair of KEF 104/2s. Frequencies below 80 Hz are shunted to the sub. Integration is seamless, and the KEFs sound more transparent and seem to generate a larger soundstage with the sub. And that subtle sense of vibration you experience in live pipe organs recitals is well reproduced. For 5.1, a center speaker and a pair of KEF 102/2s are switched in. But I prefer music in stereo.

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