roxy54- Yes I am back. Thanks.
ratboysr- You are one of the reasons why. Well, sort of. In a way. In the sense you represent the sort of readers I never really knew about, but are out there. Something that didn't hit home until I launched my website an instantly had a huge (for what it is, which ain't much) influx of visitors. So many thanks, it is much appreciated.
mkgus- Yes multiple subs are really better even if all you do is sit in the same place. That's what I do, and the improvement is massive.
As for true to the original sound, with a lot of recordings that is anyone's guess. But come listen to Tchaikovsky. Or Belafonte at Carnegie Hall. Or anything faithfully recorded in a large venue. The way that is recreated is uncanny. Heck even Peter Gabriel Secret World Live, the unmistakable sonic signature of a huge space is captured like nothing else. The only other room I heard anything like this was an impeccably acoustically designed and tweaked out room that also had two huge racks of subs, not a classic distributed array exactly but with 4 on each side stacked 5ft high not all that different either.
When you hear it, in like 5 seconds you will jettison all doubt.