Wilson Alexia 2 lacking some bass

Wow, beautiful system you have assembled. All broken in? Correct? A system like that at least 500 hours… but the bass should be real close after 200. It would be of great help to see photos. You can easily post them by creating a virtual system. You can see mine. The venue is critical and it is not easy to describe fully in words.

I would say with great certainty speaker placement. It typically takes me a year to get mine optimized. When I am concerned about bass. I take off the spikes and put sliders under the speakers. Number one will be distance to wall behind and sidewalls. Once you are sure this is right… the toe in can increase the treble… tipping the overall balance.

Finally if all that leaves you a bit uninspired… is there a chance the system is a little too polite? dCs is very resrained and a bit well, not cold… but not warm.

Well, for one, all Wilson speakers are well known for having some of the best bass and dynamics in the business. So, right off the bat, we can eliminate the speakers for possibly being the issue. I have Revel Salon 2 speakers, which have the same kind of great bass that the Wilson speakers have, and wherever I position them, the bass is still there, so I don’t believe that speaker placement is the real issue here either. I believe that your lack of bass issue most likely stems from either your amplification or your cabling. All you can do now is experimentation with different cables and amps until you get the kind of bass that the speakers are capable of. Happy listening.

@greenspyder718 how do you drive mono-amps, what is your preamp? also, what is sound level you think bass is lacking? 

I’m wondering if the amps may not be the ideal match or if further adjustments to the speaker placement could help resolve this.

You could keep changing amps and placement until blue in the face or.....the simpler solution is to get a pair of subs....

Placement is key, but the best bass response might not be the ideal placement for the mids and highs. A sub, or 2 under 50Hz with their own volume control might be the ticket for that last octave to really kick in.