Budget Strategies forTightening up Bass?


My system: Opera Consonance 120 Linear CDP, Extensively modded Jolida 302B, Silverline SR 17.5 monitors. AudioArt Speaker wire. Various IC's. Short of buying a sub, what is biggest bang-for-buck upgrade to tighten bass? Wire? PowerConditioning? ("currently" I have just an upgraded cryo-treated outlet) Better footers? (I have vibrapods and cones). I've got about $350 to spend on this... I know-- that's not much-- maybe my goal and my budget are mutually exclusive. Still, any suggestions would be appreciated!
stuartk

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Is your floor a suspended wood floor? Can you get under it?

If yes to both, the biggest thing you can do to improve the bass is to brace the floor.

I have two 12' long 4x4s running front to back, (13' deep room) about 5' apart, perpendicular to the joists, held up by 4 of those height-adjustable basement support posts.

I have since added a layer of 3/4" plywood on top of the original floor (w/ Green glue in between.

Everything I do the the floor makes the sound so much better. I know that I could not have the sound I do now had I not braced the floor. Absolutely essential.

-Mike