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Saint-Sean’s 3rd Symphony

One of the reasons I bought my new GoldenEar Triton 1 speakers is that they have built-in sub-woofers which would enable me to hear the subterranean bass organ tones in the divine second movement of Saint-Sean’s 3rd Symphony. So far, the only recording of the many I’ve heard that fulfills that quest is the Mercury Living Presence disc with Paul Paray conducting.  All the other recordings fall short of delivering that magnificent sonority.
 I’m wondering if others have experienced that situation in the majority of recordings of this symphony’s 2nd movement, or do I have to start getting some room treatment.
I have no problems with bass in any other recordings.  Even solo organ recordings go deep and sound natural and fine.  I don’t want to boost the subwoofer controls on the speakers because, any higher than they are causes muddiness in everything else.
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Sorry for the misspelling of the composers name. The auto-correct struck again.
It should read Saint-Saens.
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Thanks for all the recommendations of performances.  The Ormandy versions (there are three) all go very deep. Barenboim’s recording is very good in the bass and  well balanced in general. The Levine ‘80’s  Berlin Philharmonic version on DG was better in the bass than von Karajan’s.
I couldn’t find the Murray on Telarc.
The best bass presentations on my system were the classics: the Munch and the Paray.


erik_squires,

I noticed GIK Acoustics when I did some research recently.
 I’m not sure I need the treatment based on all the recordings I sampled.
Some were quite adequate.
  I suppose some room treatment would be beneficial, but I’m not sure if  it would be cost effective.
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