What does a subwoofer solve?


My previous amps were BHK 300 mono blocks.  The bass they provided for my Monitor Audio PL 300ii speakers was exceptional.  For several reasons I replaced the BHKs with a Luxman M900u.  Very happy with the new amp, except for disappointing bass performance.  Would a set of good subwoofers help resolve this, or do subwoofers only address a lack of bass in standard speakers?

Thanks in advance for any advice or suggestions.

lldd

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Some manufactures of exotically large speaker systems and even some of those who include self powered subwoofers within their speakers often display them with outboard subwoofers. The location of the speakers optimized for the listening position is quite often in a rooms null which can choke the low frequency response. Adding outboard subwoofers in the rooms modes is the solution. 

A host of individually unique room issues can easily be solved depending on the flexibility and level of control of low frequency processing which is not generally focused on by this community. 

["purdy, I tried Velodyne they sounded good but a little pricey and they seemed very happy playing movies."]

Do recall the model of the Velodyne subwoofers you auditioned?

After a decade of not knowing who designed the pair of Phase Linear 400's that I beat the crap out of in  a PA rack and sold in working order I became a Bob Carver fan. I'm enjoying is tube mono's right now and regret not purchasing a pair of ALS's.