Bass issues,,,,will new speaker help?


Hi again.
When I am in rear corners of my room the bass is heavy but is hollow at my seat, when I measured my room with REW, calibrated mic and meter I have a suck out at around 50hz to 63hz (over 10db down at lowest dip).
My speakers have a woofer high and low plus a slot loaded passive, top woofer is 68in tall and there is another about at bottom of speaker.......speakers are placed very close to Cardas rule in a 14X24 room with low ceiling (79in), my seat is 6ft from rear wall.
I have a feeling of what answer is but just in case I wonder if a different speaker with a single woofer low to floor would change anything or if it is a case of bass traps and compromise......thanks as always.
chadnliz
yeah, you are sitting in the worst spot in the room. room treatments may help, also, you may want to try adding a subwoofer into the system and fine tune everything with its placement.
I have the same issue. My dip improved (narrowed the troubled band width and decreased the magnitude of depth a a little) when I added a subwoofer, though still bothersome. It improved again (decreased dip magnitude a little more) when I added passive high-pass filters to my mains and reintegrated my subwoofer, though still -6dB. I hope to improve it once more when I add a second subwoofer.
Chad,

In general, the Cardas Rule is a general starting point for speaker and listener placement. From there you must move your speakers and listening position for optimum results. When you stand in the corner, you are hearing bass that is all bunched up and lumped into a room mode. Apparently you have positioned your listening chair into one of the rooms null points and the bass is canceling in that spot. You must move your chair forward and backwards until the bass is natural, then adjust toe-in and width to suit. Of course, there is a strong possibility that your speakers are not compatible with your room and no matter what you do the bass will never be correct, but you must move the chair and adjust the speakers' positioning to give them their best shot. When you say your bass sounds hollow in your listening seat, that is a red flag that the seat is positioned in a null spot. Try moving things around and let us know what happens.
Checked out the system pics. Nice. Very capable.

That side wall is panelling, right? You can fur that out 3-4", only supporting and nailing it at the edges of each sheet and place 2" 703/705 behind it. Rock wool with a burlap/cotton sheet to retain it from touching is a more available alternative. If it's an inside wall, it's even easier and might not have to furred out as much. Drywall, done the same way, works too. The whole wall could be a membrane trap. Might have to get a bit creative around the floor registers. Then, there's that T-bar ceiling. Let me think about that.