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Large speakers plus EQ, what have you done?

Hi Everyone,

I’m hoping to collect experiences from those who have:

1. Large (floor standers) with genuinely deep bass

2. Have EQ’d the speakers, at least through the bass section.

There are many ways to get excellent bass, but please keep OTHER methods off this discussion.  If you use a subwoofer, or bass array, or whatever, this discussion is not about that. I know I’ve recommended some of those ideas myself. I just genuinely want to know who has tried this particular combination and what their experience has been.

This is also not a discussion about what I’m going to buy. Just curious who has done this and how far they feel it got them in terms of integrating the speakers with the room.

Were you satisfied?  Did you end up giving up and doing something else?

 

Thanks!

 

Erik

erik_squires

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p59teitel
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I get very good bass out of my Revel Salon 2s. But when I want more, I use the parametric EQ function in JRiver to boost bass by a couple of dB at 100 and 500 Hz bands. Does the trick pretty well.

An additional non-software tweak that really helped bring the low-end oomph was putting the Revels on Star Sound Apprentice XL stands - but that involved hardware, so probably outside of your area of inquiry.

p59teitel
314 posts
 

Actually I think most audiophiles would find the large amount of glass in the sunroom quite troublesome to dial in the typical “you are there” sound (it does help to have a cathedral ceiling with the sound able to disperse adequately and not just ricochet). My approach is “they are here” and between Revel and the Symphonic Line source and amplification gear, it works for me.

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