How important is bass to you?

I used to love my Tonian Labs TL-D1s until I listened to my Clearwave Duet 6 monitors and the impact, tone, tightness and quality simply amazed me. I'm still missing that last 1/2 octave or so but in my medium sized room the reinforcement I get is spot on.

I guess that means it's important, now.

All the best,
Nonoise

Brian Bromberg - Wood

Inna,
I think most responders will agree with your preference. Bass is important as are all the frequency ranges. We want them "all" to be good. Given the context of the question,I place more importance on midrange than I do the bass region. If your question is meant as a hypothetical pick or choose compromise, I'd choose good bass with great midrange rather than great bass with good midrange. I may be in the minority.

By "except the lowest bass" do you mean the bottom octave (20-40Hz)?

Hugely important. Like Prcinka I went through a stage of buzzing on the midrange, then swapped in some rft ecc82s and reached nirvana. You have no PRAT without a prominent rhythm section. Nor do you have the fundamental notes that make music sound so beguiling.