Do we really need anything more than 8" woofer and 1" tweeter for medium size room?

I guess this is more of a designers thread than listeners thread.

All I know is - I’m sitting here listening to some of the biggest, best sound I’ve ever heard coming from the diminutive Wavetouch Audio GT’s with a 5+ in. bass driver... and... the bass is superb - big, bold, fast, tight, textured - that you can feel.

The wife says it sounds as good, or better than all my other high-end speakers - her comments precisely were - "how do those little speakers create such a huge sound?" "They sound as good as any of your others."

And that’s in a room about 22’ x 15’ - though it’s lively.

This is my "Giant Killer" system: Cost about $3500 - the GT’s, the Class D Audio amp, Creek OBH-21 passive pre, Sony SA5400es SACD. Just unbelievably, phenomenal sound - as good as my multi-thousand dollar setups.

No - it’s not "earthquake, house-shaking bass"... just the sound of a live upright bass, which is all I want - as a listener... not a designer.

Im with you @ba

@bassdude

I'm sure it sounds great, but not nearly what it could sound like with a full range pair of speakers and/or a powered subwoofer.  I guess it kinda depends on the types of music that you listen to.

Well... you'd have to experience it to understand it.  

Yes - they do sound as good as virtually any of the full-range speakers out there.  I've compared them.  

Read the reviews - people are replacing their Wilsons, Avantgardes, etc. with these.  

Amazing actually.

This is a very good question indeed. I think it all depends on the type of speaker, the room and what you want to use it for. To answer the question, i think it might be all you need. It depends on the speaker you buy. I have a pair of Wilson audio Duette series 1 speakers that can be very bassy depending on where they are in the room. They dont have sub bass but quality bass. I use them for both music and movies ( just 2 channel no surround sound) in my room and im happy. The room is a bedroom though so that might not qualify as a medium sized room though. It all depends on how far back and how close the speakers are to the side walls. Too far back and far apart they can be boomy!! But bring them out into the room and put them closer together then they will have good bass but not boomy and airy treble with 3d imaging. Thats perfect for music! For movies yea a sub could help out for shure but i dont feel the need to buy a sub. They have an 8 inch woofer and 1 inch soft dome tweeter. The sensitivity rating is 89db. 4ohm speakers. Now lets say they had a 10 inch woofer. That extra 2 inches might make them 6 db’s louder and thats alot! but yes deeper too. I dont want them to be any louder then they are because they are very loud lol. Do i think all speakers with an 8 inch woofer can go as deep as the wilsons? no because of the design of the cabinet, the woofers they use and the crossover design. So listen before you buy. A more affordable speaker with a 10 inch woofer might do what these are doing with an 8 so who knows lol. Also everything matters. The equipment they are connected to can make a difference so choose wisely.