Just looked at your system. Very nice equipment! My speakers have double 10" woofers and go down to 25 hz, not as low as yours at 18 hz. Regardless, having dual subs, mine go down to 14 hz, seems to allow the speakers to open up more in other frequencies. At least that's what I experience in my system. But we are talking minute difference so the cost of the subs can become prohibitive. I also like my subs to better minimize the low end rumble with proper placement. Speakers woofers are locked in to their stereo location which in my case is not optimum locations.
I want more bass…
Superb pair L’Instrument large horn speakers with two 12” woofers in each speaker.
So how to get more bass? My PassLabs XA25 was too little, my Luxman M900u was too sweet, of course these are not party or club speakers but my guests who are not audiophiles (you know the one’s who ask what are those? I say tubes…) let’s call them the sound bar set!
These speakers are rated down to 18Hz can anyone suggest the best value amp that can deliver bass to these speakers take control and make them move? 98dB sensitive by the way…
Give me some used cheap but real good amps to try please. Exposure? Class A. Not my weak knee’d Bouyrrang A50 300B 😉
Even my D240 MKII Audio Research seem not to push them deep and strong enough for the sound bar set. Can’t imagine I need a subwoofer…
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@baylinor I agree with your assessment of subs and thank you for your comments of my system. I swear there is a synergy between Plinius gear and Legacy speakers. But I don’t want to hijack this thread. We should focus on the OP’s issue. |
One problem with traditional speakers is that you place them for the best soundstage, invariably this is not the best place for bass. In my small room I, despite having small Audio Physic floor standers, had too much bass, the answer was 2 subwoofers. It's not the amount of bass you produce it's where it is, it can be sucked out or over emphasised depending on placement. So the more bass outputs, rather than more bass output, could be the answer. Interestingly I have now replaced a 150 watt hybrid pre power setup with a 40 watt tube amplifier and the bass is wonderful, I even replaced KT 88 tubes with EL34's to lower bass production and its even better. Solutions can be very counter intuitive. |
I found bass when I got rid of the cheap industrial receptacle s I has put in and I swapped them out for the tip of the line furutech plugs. That was a huge difference. The industrial plugs really sucked. They are mid way between hospital grade and basic. Go try a furutech receptacle and sit back and enjoy |
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