Need some audiogon expertise


Hi all, I am having a little problem here with thin bass. I am not really sure where to start. Some help would be most apprecieated. I have heard some say tubes in preamp but i dont feel that 2 little 6922's can be causing the music to be so thin but maybe so. Heres my list of equipment.

California Audio Labs Icon/Powerboss
Audible Illusions L-1/matched pair of 6H23-EB
Aragon 4004 mkII
Sansui TU-717
Vmps Tower 2/R's
Acoustic Research 12 guage
Radio Shack fusion IC's throughout

Stand alone i've not heard of any of the components having the traits of thin bass. But obviously i have something causing this.

Room is 22 x 14 x 8. Speakers are on the short wall placed 2 1/2 feet from back wall and 3 feet from sidewalls toed in directly at my listening position which is 10 feet from speakers.

Thanks for the help.
kool39

Showing 1 response by elevick

I agree with playing with speaker positioning first. Closer to the walls should get more bass (tighter?). Keep in mind that this is a very "mellow" system. Quite nice, clean and detailed, but won't have a lot of bite.

As far as the tubes for future reference: 6922s should last 5000 to 10,000 hours. Big reason why manufacturers love them. Changing tubes will make a huge difference. Let us know what kind you have now and someone should make a good suggestion (don't say sovtek, please...). When the tubes start to go, everything will get muddy sounding when you push them hard and the whole system will lack power. They are easy to check and I'm sure you can find someone near you with a tester.