sub+satellite or full range?

If you put the sat's on stands your having a footprint of a floorstander.If you put them on a shelf or wherever and the sub in a corner/under the pool table,now your getting somewhere.Depends on your room.Quality is a non-issue,they will both have capabilities to sound the same.....YMMV,Bob

i have both and i think the smaller the room, more the sub/sat setup and the bigger goes to full range. however full range single drivers often need a sub to fill out the bootom end, but can be used in almost near field listening to great effect.I would say that a dual use music/home theater requires more dynamics than single drivers generally do. for value...bang for the buck, i would go the sub/sat system if the room is not too large.

Bass does not load in a room in the same plane as the mids/highs. I have a large room and always used sub/sat systems. Now I use Magenpan 3.5Rs with SVS powered sub. It's awesome