A nice Audio Asylum quote...
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Most of the cost of a speaker is in the wood, as Richard Vandersteen keeps saying, and some of its problems are there, too. Assuming similar quality elsewhere, a smaller speaker will not only be cheaper, but also more rigid (less resonant) and its narrower front baffle will have less diffraction. It will thus image better because it will create less spurious sound sources. A small speaker will also do a more credible "dissapearing act", something that I, for one, value very highly. Those who have listened to, say, Gallo Nucleus Solos or Merlin VSMs know what I am talking about.
Lastly, and as you well say, bass extension is easily found in today's great subwoofers designs some of which, like REL or Bag End are, in my experience, very easy to blend with satellites. This allows to place the satellites for optimum image while keeping the subwoofer at a corner location for deepest and smoothest bass.
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