Hi,

To start, a little bit of history : I started with a Beocenter 2300 with its Beolab 2500. It was good, I was a student and for a student room it was highly sufficient and produced a better sound than my previous ugly hifi.

Then I got my first job, my first flat with a small living room, so it was time to get a better sound, filling the room which was bigger than a student's room... So after a long hesitation with Beolab 8000 and hours of listening, I chose a pair of Beolab 3. That was in 2005. I then moved to a new flat, the 3's followed, and I still liked their sound. In 2016 I moved to a house, with a 70m2 open space between living room and kitchen (of course there's a A9 wall mounted on the kitchen side!). The Lab 3 started to show their limits. But I was hesitating : lab 9? lab20?... Lab 9 are pleasing, but a bit old. Lab 20 sound better, but do they sound better enough for the price difference? And I'm not a huge fan of their look. And after almost totally rebuilding my house from the inside, the money for a pair of 20 is not already there... So why not a sub as a start?

So this Christmas, when I found a good price on a used lab 19 on eBay, I thought I should give a try, and even if I want to upgrade for 20's or something, it's not money wasted, and subs are highly looked after on the second hand market.

Now the BL19 is here. Quick setup, cabled to my Beovision 8, lab 3 on the front, lab 4000 on the rear... I started to play some songs, and... Wow! What a difference! I rediscover some songs where the LFE were there, but not all... I finally get the full experience on the James Blake song "limit to your love" : a real sub demo song... And the perfect demo movie is for me Gravity, where at the beginning you "feel" the tools they use on the satellite, more than you hear them, as there is no noise in space... 
On acoustic music, it gives so much : more clarity, more acoustic pressure, more "reality" to cellos and big instruments... And it makes the Lab 3 "breathe" a little more.

Sooo... Don't underestimate the power of a sub... Even more when it's a Beolab 19! Big and beautiful addition!

Now feel free to use this thread to advise me some songs where you think the low frequencies add everything, I'm discovering the wonders of the BL19 ;-)