Are subs worth the price for music?

Worth the price yes. Worth the trouble.... :) 

Another story. Integrating subs well is rarely done, and hard to do. 

My recommendation is first, treat your room acoustics well. Contact GIK for advice. This may improve your speaker bass so much you no longer are interested. :)

Best,

E

Thanks Eric...........My room/bass is already pretty good and much better since I added panels, but they're not bass traps, per se. Three of the 4 corners in that room have open door ways, the forth corner is directly adjacent to a window, so the typical corner traps can't be done. I have 3 inch deep traps straddling the wall/ceiling junctions around the room and that did help a lot...................seems I read somewhere that an open corner/doorway IS a bass trap, probably more of a drain than a trap, so maybe I already have them :)................being an audiophile is a PITA......we're never really satisfied, always looking for MORE.............Maybe I should just stop and enjoy the music :)

@shadowcat2016 - what kind of music do you like to listen to?

The Vandersteen’s have a pretty good bass response.

The low B string on a 5/6string bass guitar is 31 Hz.

A low end of 26 Hz is in synth territory.

Below 26 Hz is more an LFE that A/V systems pump out.

So I have to ask - do you think the speakers are not perofrming to your satisfaction?

What speaker and power cables are you using? they could be a limiting factor for your speakers or worse your amp.

Regards - Steve