Subwoofer: should we even use them at all?


Dear Community,

For years, I looked forward to purchasing a subwoofer. However, I recently became friends with someone in this field who is much more knowledgable than me. His system sounds amazing. He told me that subwoofers should be avoided because of the lack of coherence that inheres in adding a subwoofer. What do you guys think? I currently use Verity Parsifol Ovations.
elegal

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Thanks to everybody for these responses. There is a lot to think about. I guess the only reasonable option would be to sample some sub's and see how they work. However, I don't know if a dealer would let me try something out on such a basis.
What I don't understand is why don't more mid-level to high-end speakers just design their speakers with a subwoofer built in. This, it seems, should eliminate (or at least greatly reduce) the coherency problem?
I love the pun! And thank you for a great answer. Perhaps they could design systems with a separate sub with suggestions on placement?