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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Your pass is more than adequate.  Either:

1.  your problem isn't in your amp, perhaps power supply, perhaps in the signal path.

2.  You don't really have a problem.  your system is making a accurate reproduction of the recording.  You can still add more bass, but you will have to use an equalizer.

Jerry

I’d love to hear those speakers, where do you live, I’m in Plainfield, NJ.

this cd has ’my Funny Valentine’, just Mila and a bass player

. You will hear how well your system delivers not only bass, but quality, refined bass, not booming bass. If your friends want booming bass, let them listen to someone else’s crap quality bass.

 

 

perhaps you can stream a high rez version. If you like her voice and those songs, buy the CD, it is terrific.

.................................... search, here, for ’strong bass’. https://forum.audiogon.com/search/index?utf8=%E2%9C%93&query=strong+bass+recordings

The first place I would start is repositioning your speakers. Even before you do that you can try reversing the phase at the speakers by switching +/- cable connections. If the bass is "better" then it's not the speakers themselves but rather their location in your room relative to where you listen. It's an easy test.

I vote for the room. Either you are sitting in an area with a suck out or your expectations are not realistic. I would start with taking some measurements to see exactly what you are getting.

As others have stated, it’s probably your room and/or speaker positioning and listening area. Some extensive measurements and rearranging will probably be in order.