More Bass


I recently purchase a pair of Legacy Signature speakers from an on-line retailer. I purchased them unheard, but I did my due diligence in researching them and I would have thought with the 7" woofers and a rated frequency response of 22-30K hz, there would have been a bit more bass (although there is a couple of tunes I have played where there is some bass that is really deep and sounds all garbled, very weird, but I just won’t listen to those songs,I guess).

I bought floor standers so I wouldn’t have to deal with the hassle that goes along with setting up subwoofers, also with all the space they take up and the negative WAF that goes along with them.

They are a little bright on the top end, but I’ll blame that on my room, it probably needs more treating, just limited on funds at the moment.

If I thought I needed subwoofers, I'm thinking I might have bought a pair of Fritz bookshelfs and a pair of subs, for probably less than the Sigs.

The price of Legacy subs is over the top for me, so do you think there is any way to get more bass without subs or are there any subs that are a bit smaller, that might do the trick as I am pretty limited on space (and funds as previously mentioned!) Thanks

 

 

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Are you sure the issue is the speakers and not the room? Have you had satisfactory bass in this room previously?

Likely your room or the way they’re set up, but without a pic, who knows?  Knowing what amplifier you are using might help too.

Also, what’s with your 7" woofer reference? I thought they had 7" midwoofers + 10" subwoofers.

The Signatures I believe are a sealed-box design, so maybe if you’re used to hearing ported speakers the bass is just different so you may need to give some time for your ears to adjust and for the speakers time to settle in more.  From what I saw it looks like they have dual 10” woofers and go down to 22Hz (-2dBj, which is damn near full-range.  Maybe try pushing the speakers a little closer to the back wall to possibly add some extra room reinforcement?  BTW, what amp are you using and what speakers did you have before?  Just some thoughts FWIW, and best of luck in figuring this out. 

The crossover components as well as drivers themselves need at least 200hrs of signal running thru them to open up and stabilize. Way too early for a judgement call.