All about the bass


I am new to the world of high end audio and I am looking to buy a new set of speakers. I am really interested in great bass (tight, powerful and fast). I listen mainly to electronic and classical music.

My budget is up to $5K and my room is small/medium size. Any good recommendations? Should I split the money between a set of speakers and a subwoofer or go all out on speakers ? I am wary of the possible speaker/subwoofer interactions...

Thanks a lot!

P.S. Any good power amp recommendations around the $3k range welcome too...
lilu

Showing 2 responses by shadorne

Buy the Sheffield Labs Drum Track XRCD and go out and audition. Track 1 has the tightest bass and is very dynamic. This will seriously separate the men from the boys.

If you like electronica then you may be interested to know that the audio engineer for DJ and house music Kaskade is Mike Roskelly.

This is Mike's Salt Lake City Studio

Serious stuff but you can find smaller second hand speakers close to your price range that will work in a small/medium room.

I am listening to Kascade - Track Everything (Big Room Mix) at the moment If you like electronica then look him up Kaskade

I am not into electronica particularly but I am blessed that I like every genre of music that exists...
Scorpios will be harder to correctly place and quite hard to drive at higher SPL's without a fair bit of IMD distortion - probably a fairly narrow sweetspot too.

7 drivers and four crossovers in one speaker is an impressive amount of hardware but quantity is not everything expecially if drivers overalap and interfere with eachother and most of your amplifier power is lost as heat in the crossovers.

John Atkinson review of measurements is worth reading.

I would suggest you put the Scorpios to the bottom of your list behind the Focals, Montanas and ATC's, unless you simply adore the cool look of them!