adding "slam" to 2-way speakers?


i'm hoping to add more slam / energy to my room (15*25*10) as my speakers are 2 ways w/ a 6.5" woofer (merlin vsm). the sound i get is wonderful, but i would like it to be more 'visceral' if possible. would adding a sub accomplish this? i realize that it would entail a 2x coverage of certain freqencies (from 80hz down), but if its seamless & it adds slam, sign me up! any experiences? any merlin owners out there w/ experience? thanks!
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hey carl_eber, what kind of sub do you use? i've heard great things re: REL & Vandy, but i'm trying to keep my options open. fwiw: i don't want a sub to simply 'fill in' info that my mains cannot produce--i want a sub to reproduce the same bass info in a non-directional manner so that a) i cannot discern where the added bass is coming from b) additional weight & scale is provided to the music thanks to the subs reproducing the same freq. as the mains (and implicit in this is the requirement that the sound of my mains is not affected--the merlins are incredibly coherent) (and given the higher freq coverage of a sub, should i look exclusively at front firing subs like M&K?)