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This ability to augment what’s there across all genres of music, without upsetting the balance of the system, is this subwoofer’s calling card. In unison with the B&W speakers, and with careful setting of the level, the D15s slotted slickly into place. There was no sense of colour to its sound, just solidity and effortless extension, so that both the deep drums and low piano notes of Michael Giacchino’s theme to The Batman [Water Tower Music; 48kHz/24-bit] appeared bigger, but naturally so. Then, once the piece segued from foreboding introduction to more optimistic tones, the subwoofer threw its weight into the swelling strings without muddying the sweet detail higher up the audio band.

So, what we have here is a sub that combines hair-raising power and slam with speed, delicacy, and control – and even if your taste in music doesn’t benefit much from the former, it will from the latter. Whether it was The Doors’ ‘The Changeling’ [L.A. Woman, Warner/Rhino, 192kHz/24-bit], with its propulsive blues groove and staccato keyboards, or Club For Five’s ethereal 2009 cover of Kate Bush’s ‘Running Up That Hill’ [WM Finland; 44.1kHz/16-bit], the D15s always elevated my enjoyment.

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