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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fiesta75,

"If you don’t have at least 1 - 2 subwoofers you are missing a lot of low frequency energy that you didn’t even know was present ". There are no absolutes in audio. Not too long ago I was a big proponent of using dual subwoofers, not just for bass, but I experienced improvements across the audio spectrum. I recently changed amps and in my system/room I prefer  my system with the new amplifiers, minus the subwoofers over my system with the old amp and dual subwoofers. Based on my experience, I may never own subwoofers again for 2-channel.