First of all, a lot of bass in some music is entirely unrealistic. I've been with many people listening to recorded music where some said bass was great and others including myself said the bass was over emphasized.
Way too much.
So the best way was suggested before, get a test CD or album that plays pink noise or frequencies from zero to 20 kHz and a pretty good DB meter. have the meter at the listener's level and measure the readings over the entire frequency range.
See where the gaps, valley, peaks are. This also helps tell you the room effects and helps solve room issues.
if your system's bass response is what it is suppose to be, IOW, is it flat?, then no, you do not need subs at all. your system and speakers are doing their job.
If it isn't flat, that does not automatically mean you need subs, it may be the room. Or a combination of room and system.
It is definitely not a simple as "I need subs".
A test CD and a sound level meter are not expensive.
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Way too much.
So the best way was suggested before, get a test CD or album that plays pink noise or frequencies from zero to 20 kHz and a pretty good DB meter. have the meter at the listener's level and measure the readings over the entire frequency range.
See where the gaps, valley, peaks are. This also helps tell you the room effects and helps solve room issues.
if your system's bass response is what it is suppose to be, IOW, is it flat?, then no, you do not need subs at all. your system and speakers are doing their job.
If it isn't flat, that does not automatically mean you need subs, it may be the room. Or a combination of room and system.
It is definitely not a simple as "I need subs".
A test CD and a sound level meter are not expensive.
enjoy