(09-27-2021, 09:29 AM)homebiscuit Wrote: What kind of audio system do you have, Marty? If I may ask.

I have a Denon DRA-685 amp and Bose 301 bookshelf speakers.  I use a classical music streaming service called Idagio.  

I wouldn't call myself an audiophile.   I don't know enough, and I don't spend enough, to call myself that.   What I want in an audio system is accuracy.  I want the music to sound like it would sound live.  I don't want added bass or added treble.   I think these Bose 301 speakers are pretty good, especially since they are sitting less than 8 feet away.  

Now, I admit, I play a different kind of music than probably anyone else on this message board: classical.  So maybe that colors my bias against subwoofers.  I bought a new car about 2 years ago, and I splurged on the "upgraded" audio.  But when I played music on it, I figured out that when they said "upgraded" it really meant adding a SUBwoofer.  What were bass notes became a toneless thumping.   What's the point of that?   

I have nothing against woofers.  It's SUBwoofers that I regard as an abomination when it comes to an audio system.  I don't think any real audiophile would add a subwoofer to his audio system, because there's no musical instrument that sounds like a subwoofer.  Except maybe Purdue University's giant bass drum.  

But- I know I sound like an old curmudgeon, and I admit, I could be wrong.  That's just my opinion.

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