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Default Subwoofers! Etc.

On Friday, February 12, 2021 at 8:53:03 AM UTC-8, John Williamson wrote:
On 12/02/2021 14:44, Don Pearce wrote:

If the sub is good (not just a cinema boom box) and properly
integrated, you won't be aware that it is there - until you turn it
off and something goes missing.

This. As someone on here has in their .sig file. "If you notice the
sound, it's wrong."


Thanks, John, for the acknowledgement. My simple maxim sometimes speaks to the sales world's "Look at this!" methods. Another place where "until you turn it off" works is for evaluating sound reinforcement in smaller environs.

~ Roy W. Rising "If you notice the *sound* it's wrong."

The tricky bit is matching the whole system and the room so you don't
notice it.
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Tciao for Now!

John.