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Vandersteen 3A sigs, whats wrong here.

I recently purchased a Pair of 3Asigs here on Audiogon.
The problem is they dont seem to have much bass at all.
I have tried many different room placements. They are being feed by ARC VTM100MKII, ARC LS25MKII, ARC CD3MKII. Also with Kember 8HTC true Bi-wire cables, And a variety of IC's including transparent and Cardas Gold reference. Tried single ended as well as Balanced. So the front end gear should be ok, but no matter what I do there is weak bass. I also prefer to listen at lower levels, however regardless of volume it is always week. Any ideas, please help.
vdosc
sounds_real_audio
1,019 posts
 
Hold you fingers gently on the woofers to make sure they are moving when music is playing.
tubeo
72 posts
 
Check the Treble and Mid-Range Controls on the back If these are set to +dB positions it will be accentuate these areas . The Bass will seem weak .

These speakers will produce decent Bass when Set-Up correct .
vdosc OP
51 posts
 
Yes, I did check the speakers and they are all working. As well as the level controls on the x-over. To test the rest of my gear I hooked up an older pair of Polk LS9 floor standing speakers and they had more bass. You can tell that the 3's will go deeper. But at a much lower level compared to everything else that is coming out of them??
I am still confused...
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philjolet
2,306 posts
 
did you mean Kimber 8TC?

They have a very lean bass in my experience

for instance AZ Satori has much more of a warm balance

my two cents based on these wires in one system...
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yogiboy
5,725 posts
 
I had them years ago.They are a hard speaker to set up.Try tilting them back.You can raise the front with some books till you get them sounding correct. Hope this works out.
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