Should I bother to try a subwoofer?

Having owned a pair of REL Stadium 3's for approx. 8 years, I can say with certainty that all of the above posts recommending a REL sub(preferably 2)are spot on!!! As recommended, cross it/them over low and don't turn 'em up too loud.

I doubt Kenscollick has ever heard a GOOD sub used for music. He doesn't know what he's missing. They add much more than just additional low frequencies. As mentioned, they really open up the soundstage, add power and weight to the music, and all the little nuances and musical cues come through more clearly.

Just my 2 cents!

"Subs are for people that(dont' you mean who?) buy the wrong speakers." That's the dumbest blanket statement I've read on this forum in a long time!

Blkadr makes several good points. I run my main speakers full range down to around 50Hz then using a good SPL meter and test disc, blend the subs in near that point where they start to creep into the lower midrange then back them off just a bit.

That's what I like about the REL's, you don't have to have your main speakers going through a filter mucking things up.

Tmsorosk, you make the dumb blanket statement, bad grammar and all, and I'm the uneducated one? As pointed out by Macdadtexas, few people own speakers that go much below 40Hz. They're giving up a lot of what's in those grooves/digits. If you've "tried at least a dozen subs in the last 38 years" and been unsuccessful, duh, perhaps you bought "the wrong speakers", I mean subs!