Full-range speakers present a room-friendly option, particularly for dedicated two-channel systems, and can sound very good (decades of audiophile experience isn’t necessarily wrong). But where you position the speakers for best performance—in particular, to optimize imaging and soundstage depth—will almost never be in the location where they’ll provide the most accurate bass. The main reason for this is room modes, which are resonances determined by a room’s dimensions that can dramatically affect bass and do it in different ways depending on where the speakers—and the listeners—are positioned. Sound below the typical subwoofer crossover frequency of 60-100Hz is nondirectional, however, so using a subwoofer (or two) positioned separately from the main speakers to reproduce that portion of the audio spectrum will allow you to correct for room modes using the steps I’ll describe below.
Crossover
Considerations
It may be tempting to drive big tower speakers full range even when also using a subwoofer, but that combination rarely works out well. In most situations, the subwoofer should only be engaged below a certain crossover frequency, and you should also limit the response of the main speakers below that same frequency. This low-frequency roll-off (performed by a so-called high-pass filter) lowers distortion in the main speakers by sparing them the need to produce bass that a subwoofer is better-equipped to handle. It also keeps the main speakers (which as noted above typically aren’t located in the best place to produce uniform bass) from interfering with a carefully positioned subwoofer where their responses overlap in the transition region.
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