Anyone with a high-end home theater sans sub?

try a james sub or a sunfire signature for home theatre... they pack a punch and work really well and have a small foot print...

i have a sunfire signature in my ht systtem and though it doesnt intergrate with music as well as my rel sub did...it is pretty good for home theatre (ie incredible imo) considering its size...i couldnt find anything else close (the james is very good)

I only have been into theater for 10 years and to me home theater is to recreate the effects of being in the movie. I have heard big, expensive, full range speakers and they sound awesome. I think they sound good for theater but are still missing the impact. I sit at my office everyday and when a big rig goes by I can feel the vibration and my seat seems to become heavier from me getting pushed down from the impact. Now this is the best bass you can get because it is real and natural. Mind you not music but sound effect from real life. When my sub started doing the exact same thing I thought "wow". Subs can be very accurate and add the impact (realism) that real life dishes out. That is what home theater is about. You need a great sub for that. If you are just playing concerts than maybe not.

For me, home theater is all about eating Twinkies! I love yellow Twinkies...they take my mind off of all the short-comings out of my system, and transport me to a place where puffy white clouds, and noodle salad reign supreme...

Clipper ships...I love Clipper ships...sailing...shifting...adrift in a sea of torment and termoil...
Gee my subwoofer sounds all nice and "squishy!". Fat big subwoofers, pounding....throbbing...shifting too and fro...on the go...ya know?....
...gee me thinks me subwoofer's sounding slow....