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Can a subwoofer help a bad recording?

Currently, I am running a little push/pull tube amp through a pair of fairly, high efficiency Silverline Panatella floorstanding speakers. When I play a CD by Sade or Neko Case, the bass is excellent. The bass drum thumps and bass instruments are not boomy. However, on some CD, the bass just isn't there. I can hear it, but it has no authority. Is this the recording or can a subwoofer help out in some cases. I am think that a subwoofer won't help because it can't reproduce information that it isn't given.
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matchstikman OP
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Cfjohn, I have played lots of classical and it is a very rich sound. I don't have that big of a collection, but I do have about 30 or so classical CDs to choose from. Are you saying that all(every) CD that I place on my system should have a bass with authority or else it is something on my system? As I write this I am listening to Paul McCartney's Wingspan and it sounds great; rich and full. By the way, I don't play my system very loud. It is a few notches higher that normal conversation.

By the way, I have no friends that share in my insanity.
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