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Hello Everyone:
This is another general question I am wondering about. As I mentioned in another thread, I am going to be moving into a new townhouse soon and will, more than likely, be purchasing the SVS PB1-ISD.
In your opinion, would a HT system be pointless if you did not have a sub? Or could the HT speakers provide enough bass to get bye?
Only if your front and surround speakers are full range (i.e. flat frequency response = 20Hz - 20KHz) you may not need a sub. You could still use one for the LFE channel in this arrangement.
I had a 4.0 home theater for a year, and I thought it was fine. I don't really feel that I've picked up THAT much with the center channel, the sub gives more low end, but nowhere NEAR the extra amount of bass that everyone on here would have you believe. I guess it depends on your front speakers, I have B&W 602 S2s, so it's not like I had some huge things.
I disagree..........a center, which is 70% of HT output, and sub are very important in HT, until you have a good one of each I guess you don't know what your missing, which is fine by me.
If the best advice is "listen for yourself", then why offer your opinion?
I would have to say that it is quite important. You can phantom a center fairly well, but when you're missing the low end, you're missing all the impact of the tracks.
As I also indicated in my response in your other thread, I'd rather have sound "quality" over sound "quantity." With that being the case, I'd find a receiver that has "midnight mode" to perform a bit of compression on the sound. This would allow you to still enjoy the some good action with the movies - without shaking the pictures off the walls of your neighbors.
It's not pointless, but it usually does help. My mains's reach into the lower 30Hz range. When I watch movies late at night, I usually turn off the subs and run my mains full range. It still sounds wonderfull and it would probably satisfy most people.
Up until two weeks ago when my SVS PB1-ISD arrived I had a 5.0 system for 12 months and I thought it was fine due to multiple 8" woofers rated to 32Hz.
Now I know what I was missing!
It's a whole new level of enjoyment. Low stuff that I never knew was there comes jumping out at you. All the folks who post how this scene or that scene "shook the walls" are not kidding and I can now relate.
My kids are also enjoying it more than I ever expected. My 7-year old daughter today while watching Swan Lake Barbie (not a bad version of the Tchaikovsky SL ballet music) had cranked it up a bunch and when I went in to see why she was playing it so loud she says "I like it better with the big notes that come out of the subwooooofer!" My laugh for the day!
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