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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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rauliruegas
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Dear Ranechak: +++++ " Is it necessary to spend $1000 per speaker or over to have audible, palpable, appropriate bass reproduction? +++++

IMHO it is necessary for low bass with good pitch, definition/precision, no overhang, etc, etc.

the 72's goes down in room maybe no more ( usuable ) than 50Hz that belongs more to the low mid bass that to the low bass. Btw, IMHO the " diso dancing bass " it is something totally different: in an audio pure concepts that is not bass.

About what the salesman told you that a separate sub is not appropiate on high end I think that he has a misunderstood about.

+++++ " doesn't putting the amp output into a sub's crossover to be split to satellites compromise imaging etc? " +++++

IMHO the answer is NO. As a fact it help to those speakers and your whole quality system performance achieve a level that you ever dream about.

If you can please read what I psted on the subject, maybe it could help you:

http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?cspkr&1238000018

Regards and enjoy the music.
Raul.
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