“Do I still need a sub woofer? Of course adding one will be in the future but space is limited right now.”
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I think you will. On my system when I run it without the sub I get no bass. To me, without the sub I feel something is missing in the sound.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.JerryC and Mark 1 gave reasonable and complete answers. If you are a "bass head" - or really get off on "movie sound" - you may be disappointed with no Sub. If you're mostly a music guy (or gal) this is not so much an issue. I'm a music guy with this model (R-820F) in TV room - which is wide open (no back wall). Despite lack of back wall to provide "room gain" the first time I played an action adventure movie with this system the low-bass was startling.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.They are pretty satisfying for most listening tastes and needs without a subwoofer. But if you are a pure audiophile and want to listen to 20-foot organ pedal notes or blow the walls out with pop music bass, you will eventually get the powered subwoofer. But these will satisfy you for now. Best advice is to go to the Best Buy store and listen to a live setup and switch the subwoofer in and out for yourself. That's how I made my decision. Wait for a sale.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.The R820-F speakers sound fantastic, although you might want a good 10" or 12" subwoofer to get the really low notes. I was 99% satisfied with the speakers without a subwoofer, but added the 12" Klipsch subwoofer to fill in the last 1% of the sound. Like you say, the subwoofer can be added in the future.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.If you are getting these two speakers you can do without one for a little while. These have quite a range but when you get a dedicated one you will notice the difference
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.You can manage with the sub woofer and have it in the wish list. These are pretty powerful to compete with low, medium level subs.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.More subs the better but if space and budget doesn't allow that now you will still enjoy the speakers. If your receiver has settings to adjust the crossovers you just need to set them as low as possible. If they are set too high (120 Hz or higher) you are telling your receiver not to send the very low frequencies to the speaker. Human hearing goes down to about 20 Hz which most subwoofers can produce. Your Klipsch speakers have a frequency range of 35Hz - 21kHz (21,000Hz) so they will produce bass tones down that far, which is pretty low. Of course, you can also adjust your bass and treble settings to get more or less bass. I started off with 2 speakers and now I have 11 plus 2 subs. Of course you will need a receiver that can handle so many speakers unless you get in to amps and pre-amp separates. You will need a higher frequency wallet for that. HA
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