What is the difference between a subwoofer designed for music or home theater?
Conventional thinking puts it this way – accuracy for music, maximum SPL at 20 Hz for home theatre. The problem with this is that movies contain music, and often contain bass from familiar sounds, so we know what we are hearing isn’t accurate. We think differently. Both music and high end home theater demand accuracy. The primary difference between a subwoofer optimized for each relates not to accuracy but the nature of what is being reproduced. With home theatre, relatively high SPL capability at 20 Hz is important. Due to the masking effect, deeper bass will often not be noticeable, unless at very high in amplitude as a special effect. Of course, there is music with high amplitude bass that will mask very low bass. Some movies will also benefit from bass below 20 Hz. Our recommendation for a subwoofer for music are our sealed Direct Servo subwoofers. If your interest is also home theater as well, one or a number of our sealed subwoofers will still be an ideal choice. If you are a hom
