How important is bass to you?


It is to me. If it is recorded - it should be reproduced in a correct manner. Bass provides the foundation. No matter how well system might sound in other elements, if it doesn't play bass the right way, except the lowest bass, I would want to upgrade.
inna
Nothing but mud below 25hz, explosions excluded. I like a system that at least reaches into the low 30hz range to sound realistic on a broad range of material. I prefer a punchy well timed bass with a good dose of slam over a fat thumpy bass most of the time. However, on a lot of my 60's hard bop jazz, the ported bass from the N802's add some juicy embellishment that is hard to resist.
Other deep bass suggestions: Bela Fleck, Flight of the Cosmic Hippo, and James Taylor, Hourglass
Inna-

I tend to agree w/ your situation. As a Jazz Head, I too, enjoy correctly reproduced Bass. There is a plethora of it in both LP/CD discs. We know that it is buried in both grooves and bits. In 2015, we (audiophiles) deserve the very best gear that can extract all of this wonderful information. Acoustic and electric Bass is where its at.

Keep me posted & Happy Listening!
I can't say I like it much, but it's unusual - three different bass guitars together. Must have a lot of deep bass, but I can't hear it! I just got computer and Grado 225e phones that are separate from my system. Start at about 5:30

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3fGKLHW66w
This prompted me to run some Bass test tones through my system, JMlabs original Micro-Utopia and suffice it to say I was pleasantly surprised to hear usable output into the upper 30's. No wonder I don't feel like I'm missing much with my speakers that I believe have a mfg listed low of 50hz -6db. I guess in room response is more useful. Sorry if that's off-topic but thanks for inspiring me to check that out!