Speakers with deep/powerful bass


I used to have a system with large speakers. Each speaker had two 12" woofers. When I would play Hard as a Rock from the AC-DC BallBreaker CD there was a moment at 35 seconds into the song when it felt like someone was jumping on the floor behind me. This would only happen if my JPS Labs Golden Flutes were looped into the system, and it was playing very loud. Without the Golden Flutes it didn't happen. It was a truly frightening experience the first time it happened, because I was home alone. Has anyone else had anything like this occur?

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Bleh, 30 years ago I had some panasonics I bought at a PX.

they had either 18 or 20” woofers, 5 or 6 inch midrange and a horn tweeter with 3 buttons on the top for selecting which got more power.. drove em with Carver Silver Seven-t monos.

Those things were… loud and shook the rental house I had after ets..

cracked a few of the windows… the owner was not happy with me.. 22 and height of the rock era “and we had some fun.” I cannot even remember where or when I downsized.. but I always liked those speakers.

A pair of Thiel 3.5 speakers with its equalizer will give you full power down to about 20hz....enough that bass turns into a vibration as much as a sound.  The only drawback is that the speakers take at least 200 strong watts per channel to begin to handle equalized bass this low.

 

There are several ways to tackle obnoxious bass.  Obviously, you can turn down the volume, but if the bass still dominates you can try repositioning your speakers or consider bass traps and other room treatments.  An equalizer will get the job done but will likely alter the tonal balance and shrink the soundstage.   I am not a big fan of digital signal processing, but the technology is better than it used to be and could be considered.  Personally, I would ditch the big bass monsters and get more balanced speakers that work better in your room!

JBL 4350 and Everest DD67000.  We have a pair of each in our living room, on adjacent walls.  This thread has given me a few new tracks to check out.  

For deep full, impactful bass, as well as overall good sound with a large open stage, I'd have to give a vote to the old PSB Strats Goldi.