My experience has been that such tricks don't hold up. For example, smaller speakers that EQ their way into seeming like they have more bass by boosting harmoni

My experience has been that such tricks don't hold up. For example, smaller speakers that EQ their way into seeming like they have more bass by boosting harmonic frequencies -- they sound nice on first listen, but handle low volume poorly and, after prolonged listening, give me a headache. And nothing lets you feel the bass like big speakers moving air. But this is mostly music, not movies. There, I find the quality of the script and acting far more immersive than fancy audio tricks, so I'm probably not the target audience.