Finally Learned: Subs serve much larger role than adding more low bass

Follow-up- the T9/X arrived and it’s hell of a lot bigger than the T-zero. I’ve yet to dial it in fully but the amount of resonance generated by this thing is epic, even at low volume. I placed it on a 1.5” granite slab which helped tame it somewhat. I’m also limited to 1 spot for placement, I’m thinking I might have bitten off more than I can chew here. I’m gonna need to do some real fine tuning over the weekend.

I bought the baby T5X while REL ran a promotion last month.

After hearing it asked the dealer for a second one but

he was sold out. Good news is when he gets another one

they honor the sale price!

I wanted the model that the driver faced down as it may live

in harms way. Practical solution I thought.

Now that I have become an "Enlightened One" insofar as having recognizedd

the highest and best reason to use subs, it is starting to bother me when I hear a reviewer counsel someone that a given speaker "May need a subwoofer". 

They all need subs so please just say "The bass sucks on these speakers"

Besides adding some lower frequencies that your main speakers are not capable of, really the main reason for subs is to relieve the largest speakers in your main speakers of having to reproduce the lower frequencies that they can produce and allow them to focus on the midrange.  If anyone is adding a sub or cranking up the bass just to get that chest thumping experience, I can almost guarantee that their music is out of balance without knowing much more.