
Originally Posted by
jhnkvn
First order is that... don't look at the frequency response of a certain speaker -- this is because it's a terrible guide in telling you what the speaker does. Sure, it may hit 43hz but at what decibel level? Knowing how low it hits but without knowing if you can actually hear it is pointless ;)
For the question... I'll reply it in a short answer: It's not a problem.
For example, I know a lot of people who remove their midbass filter so that it rolls down naturally. Of course, they take extra care not to play that loud in order not to damage their speakers. Mickey (of Mickey's Autosound) drives around either with a 50hz (4th order slope) or a 63hz (2nd order slope) filter on his Focal 3-way Flax set which is running sub-less.
If you want to know how loud you can go being sub-less, it's much more than most people think. There's a lot of people who're afraid to test the limits of their midbass speaker but I assure you -- it's way more than "background listening" ;)