Why so obsessed with bass?

I hav eno booming bass, but do have a matching dedicated amp and preamp.  Recently, I had to listen to just my mains to reorient myself to just how much bass I need.  The system does allow me to make old LP's sound much better, especially when I bypass the sub crossover to add harmonics to horribly mixed albums..

I caught one 9 1/2 lbs two weeks ago . 

Bass frequencies are essential . Even if you think there is no need of it as in listening to a female soprano. Speakers that play above around 60 Hz sound clear , clean , pristine.   When the speaker can  plays lower frequencies transparency and detail very often suffer. Reason being lower frequencies require care in speaker position.  Sometimes the speaker does not couple with room boundaries, or the room acoustics are unsuitable. Hence a limited low end extension speaker will sound better.  Takes time and patience to get the room acoustics treated and speakers optimally positioned .  When done right the sound just clicks in and all is good.  The same applies to subwoofer.  It is important to choose a full range speaker or stand mounts with subwoofer to match room size.  Then to get an amplifier to synergise with speakers. Too often we buy speakers without considering the room .   

@ mijostyn    
Great point well put. That's the difference between an intelligent and articulate post and the dribble that @millercarbon posts. His posts are like "you're a stupid idiot unless you listen to me".

bass is a whole lot more than 100 hz and down. Listen to some well recorded solo acoustic stand up bass and you will see low fundamentals and then harmonics well, well above that. Quality is more than fixing frequency response issues caused by small rooms. Swarm is an approach to frequency response averaging with constructive and destructive interference- BUT a cheap resonant cabinet that is out of phase to the input signal is hardly what I would call high quality. A poorly damped cabinet will ring far above the fundamentals. so SWARM or any other sub done right is way more than just buying lots of them....

IF you have an RTA ( there is that pesky Fourier transformation again, perhaps a revisit w Keith is in order ) i suggest listening to well recorded acoustic bass....Pretty sure there is a screenshot in my virtual system pics.

Also, most audiophiles actually dig SLAM, which is about 80-160 hz.

enjoy the music, all of it.