One problem with traditional speakers is that you place them for the best soundstage, invariably this is not the best place for bass. In my small room I, despite having small Audio Physic floor standers, had too much bass, the answer was 2 subwoofers. It's not the amount of bass you produce it's where it is, it can be sucked out or over emphasised depending on placement. So the more bass outputs, rather than more bass output, could be the answer. Interestingly I have now replaced a 150 watt hybrid pre power setup with a 40 watt tube amplifier and the bass is wonderful, I even replaced KT 88 tubes with EL34's to lower bass production and its even better. Solutions can be very counter intuitive.
I want more bass…
Superb pair L’Instrument large horn speakers with two 12” woofers in each speaker.
So how to get more bass? My PassLabs XA25 was too little, my Luxman M900u was too sweet, of course these are not party or club speakers but my guests who are not audiophiles (you know the one’s who ask what are those? I say tubes…) let’s call them the sound bar set!
These speakers are rated down to 18Hz can anyone suggest the best value amp that can deliver bass to these speakers take control and make them move? 98dB sensitive by the way…
Give me some used cheap but real good amps to try please. Exposure? Class A. Not my weak knee’d Bouyrrang A50 300B 😉
Even my D240 MKII Audio Research seem not to push them deep and strong enough for the sound bar set. Can’t imagine I need a subwoofer…