I want more bass…

@baylinor I agree with your assessment of subs and thank you for your comments of my system. I swear there is a synergy between Plinius gear and Legacy speakers. But I don’t want to hijack this thread. We should focus on the OP’s issue.

One problem with traditional speakers is that you place them for the best soundstage, invariably  this is not the best place for bass. In my small room I, despite having small Audio Physic floor standers, had too much bass, the answer was 2 subwoofers. It's not the amount of bass you produce it's where it is, it can be sucked out or over emphasised depending on placement. So the more bass outputs, rather than more bass output, could be the answer. Interestingly I have now replaced a 150 watt hybrid pre power setup with a 40 watt tube amplifier and the bass is wonderful, I even replaced KT 88 tubes with EL34's to lower bass production and its even better. Solutions can be very counter intuitive.

Wait!!  I had the XA25 and it produced a lot of bass. It was more resolving then the First Watt amp I had but the lack of bass is not the XA25 IMHO.

I hope to get one back again someday.  

JH

I found bass when I got rid of the cheap industrial  receptacle s I has put in and I swapped  them out for the tip of the line furutech  plugs. That was a huge difference.  The industrial  plugs really sucked. They are mid way between hospital  grade and basic. Go try a furutech  receptacle  and sit back and enjoy 

I suspect it’s could be the room., usually too big for the speakers, I resist subwoofer to get good bass.Until I finally gave in. As long as the sub were dial correctly.Your system will be benefited from a good bass.