Other reviewers recommended buying these w/ a sub woofer. Would it make that much of a difference in sound quality to purchase them without the sub?
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Do you like to thump? These provide ample high and mids for my vehicle, a very small amount of bass since it's running off my 12 watts per channel head unit. It's enough for my car, if you want more of a robust system, I would definitely do so with a sub and a couple of amps to power it fully.
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It will absolutely make a huge difference without a sub woofer. I have these in my Jeep Grand Cherokee rear doors and they have very little bass. Clear sound for the price and I would buy them again but very little low end.
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We have a sub woofer so I cannot say how it will sound without one. I can say the sound is great with the subwooferP.S. I just installed a new Bose Lifestyle V325 System that came with a new center channel speaker so I will be posting it for sale on Amazon soon.
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Yes they have a great full spectrum sound, the bass is more than adequate for balance with the mids and highs. Of course adding a sub is never a bad idea, not only makes the mains more efficient but provide a fuller overall bottom. So much depends on your application. If you're a performer or DJ in a packed club environment, you will of course need a sub.
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Absolutely. You might even find yourself not bothering to upgrade them. The sound very nice and the rest of my system is Axiom Audio with an SVS sub. I see no point in replacing them at this point as they sound great and similar Axioms would cost considerably more.
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I have these speakers in my car without an amp and an amp wired separately to my subwoofer. Each run perfectly fine. Speakers won't have as powerful bass without the amp, but with 2 subs all the speakers should be handling is the mids and highs anyway.
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They are only tweeters. So no bass in them. You would need a subwoofer. That's what I had to get
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I like them. But, I like them a lot better with a separate subwoofer. I have a theater set up with two sets of these and a Polk subwoofer. I do like my all-Polk system better, but it was also more expensive.
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While I hesitate to give answers on these types of questions because there are some serious audio snobs out there but here we go... I have the entire set (center and rear surrounds as well as fronts) and I love them. They are crisp and clear. A good friend has the Bose speakers and we both prefer the sound of my system. That said, the rooms are different and speaker wire and receiver... are all different. I assume you're pairing them with a sub because they lack deep punch on their own. Long story short - I love mine. I compared them at electronics stores as well to Polk and Bose - and they sounded better to me, as well as the sales guys there. Hope it helps.
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Susan, I originally bought a pair with the sub woofer. I then wanted to do a 5.1 home theather and added another pair without the sub woofer. I am using an Onkyo TX-NR414. Works great!
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I replaced a Klipsch 5.1 system with these and the clarity of sound is brilliant compared to the Klipsch. The base is moderate and I have not needed to add a sub yet (however the Klipsch 5.1 did have much more base but it had a sub)
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In my experience, that is not necessary. Really, it's a matter of what sounds better to you since the acoustics varies from one room to the next. If you crank these up, the sound is going to fill the room regardless.
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Nope. These connect with speaker wire, so you'll need some sort of receiver to connect them to. They have good lows, so a sub isn't strictly necessary--especially for music--but for movies, you'll probably want a decent sub and surrounds too.
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You definitely need a subwoofer with these speakers; the bass is not just deep enough to replace that from a sub. I have a pair as front speakers, Yamaha NS-C310BL 2-Way Bass-Reflex for Center Speaker, Yamaha NS-333 2-Way Bass Reflex for surround and Yamaha SW315 Subwoofer, hooked up to Pioneer VSX-1121 receiver and the sound is simply awesome.
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Depends on what you are using them for. If you are just listening to music on a 2 channel system, no subwoofer needed unless you just prefer a more robust base. If you are using in some sort of home theater set up, then I would definately recommend a subwoofer.
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A subwoofer would certainly augment the overall sound quality by providing deep bass but if you are mainly using these as ambient sound drivers they should be more than enough
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If you want a high quality sound you have to use USB which pretty much eliminates any option for a subwoofer connection from what I have found in my research. This is by far the worst part of owning these speakers. I am planning to open the speakers and wire an output from the powered outputs and custom wire an output for a sub due to this glaring deficiency. That or sell the speakers and buy some with a sub output.
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I've been happy with wiring the second inputs separately on the big L and R speakers and using that for the low end, but I'm also not a major bass-head. I'd suggest trying that first and then if you feel you need to add a sub, do it.