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Turned Off My Subwoofer ... And My Speakers Sound Great

I’ve had a pair of JA Pulsars (non-Graphene) for a couple of years now, and have been using them with a subwoofer. Today, I noticed that my Pulsars sounded very different. There was an expansion of soundstaging, the bass was more articulate and robust (i.e., it had more weight to it), and the highs really sparkled.

This was somewhat different from the sound to which I had become accustomed, so I looked on the panel and discovered that the sub had been turned off. Apparently, my wife had been dusting around my listening room and had accidentally hit the off switch.

I am kind of befuddled by this because I thought use of the subwoofer was supposed to achieve those sonically pleasing effects. Apparently not in my case. Have any ’Goners had this happen? I’m really happy with the "new" sound sans subwoofer, but continue to wonder why that is. I mean by all objective measures, the sub should improve the sound, not detract from it. I just don’t get it.
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uberwaltz
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If you can actually hear your sub or detect where the bass is coming from at it's location then it's either too loud or xover incorrect or likely both.
I have two subs.
I feel the bass but I stare right at one sub but cannot detect any bass coming out of it in my listening position.
I quite often forget there is two as second one I cannot see from my listening position.
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uberwaltz
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Miller
Serious question.
Do you think a room the OP,s size of just 10x9x8 could handle a DBA or even two subs?
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