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Re: Does pairing a good AV receiver matter more to a HTS than having excellent speake
How important is it to have a sub that can do under 20hz? Isn't the human hearing range between 20Hz - 20KHz? Is it true that under 20Hz frequencies can only be felt and not heard? If yes, should I get a bass shaker for it?
If sub 20Hz is not a concern, then yes, 12" will be fine. You don't even need to put a partition. If you do want to put it, then do a wood partition as curtains won't help much. The wood partition will allow your sub to go lower in freq because of smaller cubic volume. Most of the music is roughly around 40Hz and above. With these, a 12" will do fine. Its the movies that go lower, some even to 5Hz or something.
One more suggestion - see if you can do some room treatments, like bass traps or something. your room will be concrete and reflections will make it sound really boomy. I know its your living room too, so you are very limited aesthetically. Try raising the sub from the floor a bit and may be use some thick rug/carpet in the immediate ares of the speakers. That will make a lot of difference to your listening, than say upgrading speakers. Once you have the room taken care of, then upgrade the speakers if you feel the need for it.
How important is it to have a sub that can do under 20hz? Isn't the human hearing range between 20Hz - 20KHz? Is it true that under 20Hz frequencies can only be felt and not heard? If yes, should I get a bass shaker for it?