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So the mythology is that subwoofers are only for movies. I think that probably arose way back in the ‘80s when the origins of what has become actually good home theater took off. It was impossible not to note the presence of a subwoofer in a home theater. It carries the day. It's got all the big explosions. It's pretty darn obvious.
Just as important as it is in movies, in music, it's almost more important.
Music feels different when you have a properly tuned subwoofer. It actually moves, physically moves more energy, even at lower volume in the room.
It's one of the reasons that we react so positively to subwoofers. People walk in all the time to our demonstrations and shows and just immediately comment that, "I've never heard anything that sounded like this." And it's because we're meant to feel the energy of music also, not just hear the notes.
Having a good subwoofer that properly blends with your system, having it be one continuous hole that the speaker and the subwoofers integrate perfectly, a full octave lower than you're used to hearing, suddenly you hear all of that space, all that beauty, all the decaying echo patterns.
That's why subwoofers matter so much in music.
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