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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…

 

 

johnread57

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nevada_matt
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https://tektondesign.com/product/subwoofers/6-10-sub/#color

Quick math approximately 471ish sq inch vs a 21” 330ish sq inch? (Don’t take my word on the math, pretty rough approximation)

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nevada_matt
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Definitely a fan of powered separate subs.

just moving the subs around had a big impact.

Active crossover, then bi-amp, move sub freqs off of main speakers and amps don’t need to try to push those frequencies either.  For my old ears, I also limit the top end frequencies.  I can’t hear them anyway so why should I have my amps trying to push them? (Personally, I limit high end to 18khz, I can’t hear anything up there anyway.)

 

i know, I know.. but “I” cannot hear the difference, so I prefer to enhance what I can hear.  
I like it this way.  Seems my amps and speakers do also.

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