Here's a thought:

On the one hand, there is the prevailing school of thought that multiple subwoofers can "even out" the bass response in a room.

On the other hand, Bob Stuart talks about bass (below 80Hz) being directional (contrary to the commonly held view) and that the brain takes important psychological cues from directional bass. He believes it is critical to reproduce the acoustic of the recording; and having heard wonders on 8ks at HQ, I'm not going to argue with him.

I would say that these two views are not mutually exclusive as long as the multiple subs are only used for the LFE channel (which contains no directional information).

If you use subs to assist with the bass from the non-LFE channels, as you move away from a full range 7.0 setup (or 7.1 with a dedicated LFE sub or subs), the more information you will destroy. This is one reason why I'm using stereo subs with my DSP33s.

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