I think I understand what you're looking for, but I doubt you'll find many choices with large woofers. There are some warm sounding speakers with multiple small woofers that you might like. Try Soliloquy 6.3 or 6.5, Aerial 7B, or Vienna Acoustics Mahler. The Soliloquy 6.5, which I own, has three 6.5" woofers, which gives the same effective area as one 11" woofer. It has tons of slam, yet has the quickness small drivers provide. It has a very "big" sound. The Mahlers also have a big, warm, sound but their bass is a bit looser that the Soliloquys.
Smaller speaker - bigger Woofer?
This is variation on the BIG STUPID WARM SPEAKERS thread. After moving up the ranks of B&W's (now owning the 804's), I still miss something about the sound of my old $300 a pair Infinitys with their 15" woofer I owned in the 80's.
Actually about everything was wrong with them, the Emit tweeter was awful, the woofers growled at you even when they were off, but they had that big warm sound that I'm missing with more expensive/refined speakers.
That big warm sound was great with rock but also worked well with jazz and classical.
In the BIG STUPID WARM thread I heard about some good big bass speakers like the Legacy's, Dynaudio's etc, but those are monster speakers and though the room is big, the wife doesn't want monster speakers.
I'm using the newest Cary gear for electronics - prepro, amp, cd player (about $10K in electronics) so I'm not looking for cheap Infinity - Klipsch - Cerwin Vega stuff.
I'm looking for a quality speaker with a big warm sound and larger drivers in a smaller package (and no small speakers and a sub isn't the same). Does any of this ring a bell?
Actually about everything was wrong with them, the Emit tweeter was awful, the woofers growled at you even when they were off, but they had that big warm sound that I'm missing with more expensive/refined speakers.
That big warm sound was great with rock but also worked well with jazz and classical.
In the BIG STUPID WARM thread I heard about some good big bass speakers like the Legacy's, Dynaudio's etc, but those are monster speakers and though the room is big, the wife doesn't want monster speakers.
I'm using the newest Cary gear for electronics - prepro, amp, cd player (about $10K in electronics) so I'm not looking for cheap Infinity - Klipsch - Cerwin Vega stuff.
I'm looking for a quality speaker with a big warm sound and larger drivers in a smaller package (and no small speakers and a sub isn't the same). Does any of this ring a bell?