Do audiophiles hate large subwoofers?

It isn't the size of the sub, it is the integration.

The higher the -3 dB point, the less dragons you wake in the depths.


It is so amazingly rare and difficult to find a well integrated sub at any size.

@elizabeth

You are not wrong, but a well integrated mega-sub is glorious for music and movies. :)


I've had pant shaking special effects and sublime orchestral music in the same system.

Ivan, there is one sub that is usable up to 300Hz---the Rythmik Audio/GR Research OB/Dipole. You can check it out on the GR and Rythmik websites (though a result of the collaboration between GR’s Danny Richie and Rythmik’s Brian Ding, the sub is more Danny’s than Brian’s baby), as well as the GR AudioCircle Forum. A pair of 12" paper cone woofers mounted in an H-frame, with servo-feedback and dipole-cancellation compensation shelving circuits in the integral plate amp. A very unique sub, the only one of it’s kind!

I use Rythmik F15HP and E15HP.  They are sealed designs and are very musical. Great value in the subwoofer market.