I have always liked the sound of B&W. So I recently upgraded my speakers to 804s.
...Strangely, the bass was not satisfying or full enough for me, even though it is a big speaker.
...Again, here, the bass was the weak point.
...it was the deeper bass that was lacking.
...if more bass is desired, add a nice subwoofer.
....It was only at very loud levels that the bass finally shone through.
...the only area I found lacking was the bass output,
{Editors note- The 804S does not have a lot of distortion in the low frequencies, and depending on what one has listened to in the past, the 804S’ lack of bass may just be a lack of distortion. }
But what the heck, it must be the Freya that is at fault because of reasons and "I have always liked the sound of B&W.".
After all, Freya’s specs are only 3Hz to 200KHz -3dB in tube mode.
Edit - I haven’t seen any test how Freya+ output impedance behaves at low frequencies. I think - and I am happy to be corrected - that this may be an issue with tube pre-amps in general, but depending on design.