Subwoofers "for music" vs "for movies"?

[Koeitje]

I'm using a NAD C658 which has separate sub outs if thats what you mean, but otherwise no I'm not using any 'surround processing'. As I said, I rarely watch movies with more than a stereo soundtrack anyway so I don't see much point ...

Then you don't get any LFE effects, because its not processing Dolby Digital or DTS. If you don't watch many movies made after 1990 or something you wont miss much, but for everything after that you do miss a lot of the experience.

 

[bluefuzz]

Then you don't get any LFE effects

That's rather the point. I don't want any ... ;-)

I find there's plenty of bass in the stereo mixes of newer films.

 

[BoredErica]

A question I find more confusing is how low we should go. 20hz? 15hz for vibrations even if we're not cranking the bass up to super loud levels? 12.5hz? 10hz?

 

[sigbergaudio]

A question I find more confusing is how low we should go. 20hz? 15hz for vibrations even if we're not cranking the bass up to super loud levels? 12.5hz? 10hz?

It's rare for music to have much content below 30. So if you're at 20hz in-room you should be good.

For movies you may want even lower.