Hi RB!
I would say spend no money until you have your hands around the neck of the problem. :) I might TRY some solid state amplifiers, just to see if what you have is an amp/speaker mismatch, as well as different amp taps.
The usual order of improvements should be:
It's a real shame that you are not more amenable to room treatment, but that will have to wait until we know what the problem is. GIK has an entire line of treatments that can be painted on, you can get any designs you want on them. Their sofit bass traps disappear into the corners with the right cloth cover.
Let's start with a near zero dollar approach. Get Room EQ Wizard and a calibrated microphone and stand. The cheapest calibrated microphone is the Dayton iMM6, but it's so small it's a pain to use on a stand. Great with a phone or tablet though. Better is the UMIK-1.
Measure your frequency response as well as bass decay from your listening location.
Come back when you have a quantitative idea of the problem.
Best,
Erik
I would say spend no money until you have your hands around the neck of the problem. :) I might TRY some solid state amplifiers, just to see if what you have is an amp/speaker mismatch, as well as different amp taps.
The usual order of improvements should be:
- Room treatment
- Bass Traps
- Subwoofer
- Equalization
It's a real shame that you are not more amenable to room treatment, but that will have to wait until we know what the problem is. GIK has an entire line of treatments that can be painted on, you can get any designs you want on them. Their sofit bass traps disappear into the corners with the right cloth cover.
Let's start with a near zero dollar approach. Get Room EQ Wizard and a calibrated microphone and stand. The cheapest calibrated microphone is the Dayton iMM6, but it's so small it's a pain to use on a stand. Great with a phone or tablet though. Better is the UMIK-1.
Measure your frequency response as well as bass decay from your listening location.
Come back when you have a quantitative idea of the problem.
Best,
Erik