Sub ... no doubt. I agree that it is the single most difficult thing to add to your system and if the rest is marginal at the start you'll be throwing gas on a fire. The thing that's usually missing for me from real live music in the hall to ANY system is the signature of the room the recording was made in. I made lots of recordings in college ... choirs, orchestras, soloists ... all types of groups, all kinds of equipment ... ALWAYS, I would find that I couldn't 'feel' the room unless I had a system in front of me with true full range extension.
Before you discount my college recording experiences, know that the department head and guru of all things audio at the school was a guy named Gary Galo ...
Before you discount my college recording experiences, know that the department head and guru of all things audio at the school was a guy named Gary Galo ...