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Originally Posted by CosmoKid
I don;t think any tower speaker can replicate anything close to what a subwoofer can do. My buddy has top of the line Def Tech towers with powered subs built in and they don't come close to my HSU. The only thing they may replicate well is a cheap subwoofer.
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Agreed. Even when a tower speaker has a powered sub built in, it still suffers limitations due to the cabinet not being designed exclusively for subwoofer duty. A "jack of all trades" may do several things fairly well, but almost never excels at anything.
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Originally Posted by CosmoKid
To the OP, the best way to see the difference is to test it yourself. When you set up your ED put in a disk like U-571 and go to the depth charge scene.
Play it once with the sub off and then turn on the sub and play it again. You will never have to ask that question again.
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Definitely. Once you're spoiled on a good subwoofer, you'll never go back. After you've listened to a few movies with it, it will be misery to go watch a movie at someone's house who doesn't have a real sound system.