Ahah, totally agreeand if your room would be able to react cleanly to these low frequencies, it would be heaven
Well, it's a tradeoff, even when you start to get into reasonably high end monitors like ATC SCM 25A's ($8000 / pair), etc.All good points, I guess that a pair of monitors with 8" woofers and a Lower limit frequency 35 Hz would be better?
My room is treated Geoff, genre mainly 'Rock' Metal. I really don't want to complicate things with a subwoofer, I have a pair of Genelec 8040b now, speaker is 6.5".Well, it's a tradeoff, even when you start to get into reasonably high end monitors like ATC SCM 25A's ($8000 / pair), etc.
When you extend the bass you pay a price in the midrange, it's all tradeoff's.
And don't forget this does you no good if you don't have a decently treated room.
So 2 questions:
What is your primary genre ?
What is is your budget ?
And if you haven't measured and treated your room, you are wasting your money, might as well use just headphones, yucchhh !
Well, simple answer is, don't add a subwoofer if you don't want to, you should be fine with those 8040b'sMy room is treated Geoff, genre mainly 'Rock' Metal. I really don't want to complicate things with a subwoofer, I have a pair of Genelec 8040b now, speaker is 6.5".