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Will I benefit from a subwoofer with 20Hz speakers?

My source is a minidsp shd studio with Dirac going into Denafrips Gaia DDC to Denafrips T+ DAC to McIntosh 601 Monoblocks to Cabasse Pacific 3 speakers. The speaker's published frequency response is 41-20,000Hz. I presume this is achieved in an anechoic chamber. In my room however, it goes down to 20Hz, at least according to the Dirac measurements. In fact, I needed to flatten the curve and  reduce by 5-20 DBs between 20-100Hz due to the room effect.

So, considering I already go down to 20Hz, is there anything else 1 or 2 subwoofers will do for my system?  Would it create a more consistent low frequency field? I see many people adding up to 6 subs, so I wonder what I'm missing. 

Thank you for your insight! 

dmilev73
slofut
24 posts
 

@asvjerry, For a 21 inch woofer I'd have to give them a try!

tablejockey
3,916 posts
 

"I'm sorry but la Sphere looks too much like a next millennia Dalek."

asvjerry- yes, I'm afraid la Sphere is a little much for my tastes. Tough to get it to fit

with the decor, or get approval by the "boss."

They look like something from Hef's mansion in 1986.

slofut
24 posts
 

Low B on a 5 string electric bass is 31hz (ref A440), Jaco on Cotton Ave tuned his e string way lower than low b on the intro. Synth produced bass ...well that's another story and some of it is really good like Bela Flek etc...

slofut
24 posts
 

Yea, I don't think you can have the Sphere if you're married... 😅

winnardt
174 posts
 

Having read many comments on this discussion forum I can say that about the only thing that most people agree on is that REL subs are really good. I have yet to read a negative comment about an REL sub (let the negativity commence). I say go for it.

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