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In Reply to: Re: Why is the bass part of a speaker so hard to drive? posted by Mal P on March 29, 2005 at 14:50:36:
A second reason is using a high-pass filter on the main speakers allows them to play louder with less intermodulation and harmonic distortion (particularly two-way speakers).A third reason reason is that any subwoofer amp clipping caused by loud bass notes will not send harsh sounding odd-order harmonics to the main speakers.
Since buying my first subwoofer in 1980, I've never heard of anyone buying a subwoofer for the reason you listed.
Some of the other posts neglected to mention how much of musical energy is in the bass and lower-midrange frequencies: Sending the bass to a subwoofer and high-passing the main speakers greatly reduces their amplifier power requirements.
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- People buy subwoofers to extend the frequency response of their main speakers - Richard BassNut Greene 03/30/0508:05:12 03/30/05 (1)
- Re: People buy subwoofers to extend the frequency response of their main speakers - Mal P 19:27:21 03/30/05 (0)
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