I'm curious to hear opinions on how deep home theater / consumer subwoofers should dig? I'm looking at equipment from JBL Pro for small cinemas, and their 2x18" subwoofer naturally goes to 22hz at -10dB, and can achieve down to 22hz -3dB with external EQ.
I'm pretty sure a properly setup cinema with (enough of) these subwoofers give a pretty good experience. So why do we need subwoofers that go deeper at home? Is it because at the cinemas they typically have a number of subwoofers, so in reality they have a lot of content below that as well, while at home we perhaps only have one or two, and thus need even the single subwoofer to have a more extended response?
The JBL Subwoofer for reference https://jblpro.com/en/products/4642a
I'm pretty sure a properly setup cinema with (enough of) these subwoofers give a pretty good experience. So why do we need subwoofers that go deeper at home? Is it because at the cinemas they typically have a number of subwoofers, so in reality they have a lot of content below that as well, while at home we perhaps only have one or two, and thus need even the single subwoofer to have a more extended response?
The JBL Subwoofer for reference https://jblpro.com/en/products/4642a