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XLR question for bass

Guys,

I have a Luxman 590axii paired up with an Antipodes K40 server and Weiss DAC 502.  The bass reproduction could be better for a couple of reasons.  I guess could benefit from some room treatment, although I really have no idea how realistic that will be as I don't have a lot of places to put room treatments without bringing an expert onboard to help with that.  

My question is whether or not, in your experience, any of the XLR cables would give me a tighter bass reproduction than my current cables, which are AudioQuest Red River XLRs.  I first bought them so I could just listen to my system and get used to the sound.

I know that I can do some additional things such as vibration reduction for the speakers, etc.  I have some IsoAcoustic Orea Bronze feet underneath my Antipodes K40.  I didn't really notice much of a difference.  

So, should I be looking at new XLRs or some kind of dampener underneath the speakers?  I will investigate room acoustic treatment at some point in the future.  Just looking at these other options for now.

 

Thanks.


Bill

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aewarren
581 posts
 

To answer your question: No, XLR cables won’t do much, if anything, to improve bass response in that situation. You have a bright room with many hard surfaces. One of your speakers has no wall behind it for bass reinforcement. A sub woofer would help, but again, its a difficult room. Personally, I wouldn’t even try for high quality sound in that room. I’d employ a desktop system, listen in the nearfield and move those components into another room and situation that would support a better listening environment. Best of luck!

P.S.  Nice rack!

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richdirector
266 posts
 

Luxman has fantastic tone controls try them. I have the 550ax2 baby of yours... Luckily my tannoys sound balanced (and also can change the crossover points on the front) but for the odd balanced album I just dial in the treble or bass I feel I am missing..... But generally leave straight 

petaluman
140 posts
 

XLR connectors don't have any intrinsic advantage over other connectors.  However, if the amplification devices are truly balanced, they will have an additional 6db of gain (doubling the voltage results in 4x gain).  Bass performance is likely most affected by (1) speakers, (2) room acoustics, and (3) amplifier-speaker impedance interaction.

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