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A question of bass... Several actually.

I recently auditioned Dynaudio 72's and Rega R3's.
I enjoyed them, the Regas mostly. I found the Dynaudios didn't live up to their hype.
When I asked about bass (speakers having full bass response) the salesman (who owns the shop) said "If you want bass you have to shell out the big bucks."
Is that it?
Is it necessary to spend $1000 per speaker or over to have audible, palpable, appropriate bass reproduction?
To be clear I am not talking about disco dancing bass, but bass frequencies are a necessary part of the audio spectrum.
The salesman also mentioned that for high end audio a separate subwoofer is not appropriate as it "doesn't track."
To cover this fully, doesn't putting the amp output into a sub's crossover to be split to satellites compromise imaging etc?
rhanechak

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entrope
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You can only get so much bass from a 6.5" driver. After a point design makes the bass peaky and boomy on smaller drivers. Initially it gives the impression of more bass but as Jax2 pointed out it becomes one note boom. Move to a floor stander with a larger woofer for deeper bass ($$$)or a sealed box sub for responsive low bass. I would also recommend good solid state amps to dredge max bass from speakers though I prefer the sweet midrange of tubes.
A sub & monitor speaker combo will allow solid state bass with tube midrange and the stellar imaging of a monitor speaker.

I integrate an ACI Titan II with ACI Jaguar 2000's for a very nice full range. The signal to the Jaguar's cuts off at 85hZ thanks to in line filters and the Titan is quick and tuneful. Admittedly intergration can take some time fiddling but once it is there you are good as long as you don't make big changes in room arrangement or gear. - MHO
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