Diagnosing inadequate bass in an audio system.


If you feel you have inadequate bass output from your audio system -

1) How do you confirm/quantify your suspicion aka what you think you hear as a problem?

2) How do you go about diagnosing the source of the problem, and how best to fix it?

Assume a CD source, DAC, preamp, power amplifier and floor-standing speakers.

 

Thanks,

 

Amit

amitb

For starters, check if speakers are wired in phase.  
Does the amp have plenty of power or just the bare minimum per the speaker manufacturer?

Are the speakers known for leanness/ fullness/neutral bass?

Speaker position.  Too far into room or far from room boundaries/ corners?

Oxidized speaker terminals/cables/interconnects?

Room too large?

Lean recordings/source?