+1, ricred1 & big_greg.
I have yet to hear a full range speaker with ‘passive’ bass woofers that can replicate the experience of a well integrated subwoofer.
An average user may have this notion that subwoofers are being added to simply extend bass response. IME, a well designed and integrated subwoofers (with your mains) provides a sense of scale and dynamics superior to any full range speakers on their own. A pair of subwoofers in a acoustically treated room (like mine) provides the most realistic and engaging musical fidelity that is simply unmistakable.
I have yet to hear a full range speaker with ‘passive’ bass woofers that can replicate the experience of a well integrated subwoofer.
An average user may have this notion that subwoofers are being added to simply extend bass response. IME, a well designed and integrated subwoofers (with your mains) provides a sense of scale and dynamics superior to any full range speakers on their own. A pair of subwoofers in a acoustically treated room (like mine) provides the most realistic and engaging musical fidelity that is simply unmistakable.