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2-way speaker with best bass

I know all the arguments about how crossovers can screw up loudspeakers, and hence the many inherent advantages of 2-ways over multi-driver designs. But there comes a point where the laws of physics can only be bent so far...

So... what IYO is the 2-way speaker that most successfully plumbs the depths, that provides the best full, but "tight and tuneful", bass, with good pitch definition, without completely messing up the higher registers?

For the moment, let's not worry about how this achievement might affect impedance and sensitivity.
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spenceroo
183 posts
 
I've been feeding my 3.0s with a pair of Channel Islands D-200s. I don't have a tube pre (Sim Audio P-5LE), but I have a nice tube CD player and lots of vinyl. Things are sounding great so far.
mordante
511 posts
 
I haven't read all the posts but maybe the totem mani 2 sigs will do the trick.
jb8312
247 posts
 
I haven't the time to read all the responsive posts, so some one else may have may this suggestion...

By far the easiest response I have ever had to make...THE BEST 2-way with good bass has to be the Devore Super 8s....hands down.

Try'em, you'll like'em.

John
bvdiman
491 posts
 
Here's my votes..

- Magico Mini II
- Kharma 3.2 FE

..But please not limit judgement of these two exclusively to their bass performance (which is 'superb' by any measure). As they are also a standard-setting examples of what best 2-way transducers are capable of today.
tbg
5,263 posts
 
The Version 3 is better than the Mini II, IMHO. The Kharmas are crap. I cannot imagine how they can sell them.
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