B&W 804D4 Owners Club

[mhasman]

Originally Posted by BullittMan

This goes against the grain of popular opinion but the truth and reality is full range loudspeakers like the 804D4 do not require subwoofers for most music. I can provide a strong case as to why but only if you are interested. In short if you do not use or plan to use your speakers for special effects tracks, like those done for movies, you can competently run them sans the subwoofers.

I agree, somehow. Warming up 804D4, I keep left/right subs off. Yes, 804D4 produces nice deep reach realistic bass. Otherwise, there is always a little bit extra I used to have with CM9 and 2 subs in bass area, especially at tracks like Daft Punk, Pink Floyd. I always keep my subs on very low level, not overlaying loudspeakers anyhow. And yes, for movies, "must have"

So, still questioning if keep pair of ASW10CM, or replace with pair DB4S - or if single DB3D plays left-right channels from one box or splits two channels to one mono