I can only expand on what has been said. The lowest note on a double bass is 42HZ and most speakers are rated to that frequency, however, a good subwoofer can put power (pressurize your room) in the bottom octave, This both gives dynamic life to the bass instruments, and it can reproduce the resonant frequencies of large halls. Your brain interprets these low sounds everyday in your environment and when they are missing from a recording it sounds less lifelike.
How can a subwoofer expand the soundstage?
I have recently added a Rel Storm III to my two channel system (Essence Sapphire amp, modded Essence Reference Super Gems, Arcam FMJ 23T CD, SOTA Sapphire TT, Benz Glider, Audible Illusions Preamp). I immediately noticed an improvement in imaging and depth of the sound stage at all frequencies. The REL manual specifically mentions these benefits. Can someone please explain how adding a driver that's designed to play at lower frequencies can have this kind of impact? I will NEVER take the REL out of my system.
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