A controversial takes on low cost speakers with a lesson...

Playing with that bass line 'punch'...  trying to move a glass on a table....

I have compared lower budget with mid fi. They sound good. For many people, good enough. However, in my opinion, the quickness, the rhythm, the bass control, to keep detail in a way that it's just not music, but a remarkable experience every time you listen is not there like it is with the more expensive Hi Fi.

@asvjerry 

Jerry, you are a wordmaster in my book. 
 

The three cheek notion captured my attention. Interesting and mildly unsettling, but always entertaining.

Thanks for keeping it light. As a recovering high-strung crybaby (still on double secret probation) I need all the help I can get!

Shine on, Jerry.

asvjerry is awesome

If you don't have the bass right you've got nothing. Everthing else is secondary.

This can easily be put to the test.  Disconnect your left & right two way speakers but leave your sub hooked up and listen to a track you like and then do vice versa (unhook sub and leave the two ways connected).  Personally, I would prefer the second option.