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More Bass

I recently purchase a pair of Legacy Signature speakers from an on-line retailer. I purchased them unheard, but I did my due diligence in researching them and I would have thought with the 7" woofers and a rated frequency response of 22-30K hz, there would have been a bit more bass (although there is a couple of tunes I have played where there is some bass that is really deep and sounds all garbled, very weird, but I just won’t listen to those songs,I guess).

I bought floor standers so I wouldn’t have to deal with the hassle that goes along with setting up subwoofers, also with all the space they take up and the negative WAF that goes along with them.

They are a little bright on the top end, but I’ll blame that on my room, it probably needs more treating, just limited on funds at the moment.

If I thought I needed subwoofers, I'm thinking I might have bought a pair of Fritz bookshelfs and a pair of subs, for probably less than the Sigs.

The price of Legacy subs is over the top for me, so do you think there is any way to get more bass without subs or are there any subs that are a bit smaller, that might do the trick as I am pretty limited on space (and funds as previously mentioned!) Thanks

 

 

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raysmtb1
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@navyachts I just found a new one that’s really easy to use and let you record your results so that you can record before and after you make a change. It’s called.”youlean LM lite”. It uses a measurement called a LUF. This is supposed to be the newest way to measure sound. You can read up on what an LUF is here.this is all new to me, I’ve just found this this afternoon. It’s very interesting if you’re trying to figure out what makes a change in the sound. I think it’s pretty easy to understand and I’m not very smart guy.

 

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@raysmtb1 - Awesome, thanks, I will read up on this. It's my day off today, so I have to cook, clean, shop, take out the garbage, then help my wife sort out her studio. I will check this out to tomorrow when I go back to work for a rest.

vladtheimpala
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I agree with the poster above who recommended Anthem's ARC Genesis room correction, except the easiest and least costly way to obtain that is to purchase one or more of Martin Logan's subwoofers. ARC is incredibly effective and it is much easier to set up than Dirac Live (I have both and I prefer the results from Anthem over that of Dirac, so far). I have two Martin Logan Dynamo 1100X subs and I can confirm that they reach reliably to 22Hz (I checked with a tone generator and SPL meter) and they deliver very satisfying deep bass.

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@vladtheimpala  great idea, but those subs are kinda pricey!

I’m going to start investigating active speakers.

 

 

vladtheimpala
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They are. I see that the price has risen substantially since I acquired them. 

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