@audphile1 - OK, I finally got some crummy pics up on my system page!
@soix - ok, before I make that leap I'm gonna get some more hours on the Sigs first. Thanks!
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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I've had similar struggles to yours and adding subs never helped in a 2 channel system, at some volume the sub bass and mains quit playing together. I had a velodyne with a remote volume and phase button, one of several solutions I tried, but my solution finally came when I got the right amp for the speakers. I don't have LA sigs, but thought they offered active bass for their speakers different drivers? If you could go active for the bass it would make a difference likely as not. |
@steve59 - This is probably one of the best suggestions. I was thinking active before buying all the separates (Dutch & Dutch 8c in particular), but my wife was actually the proponent of separates, but wasn't thinking ahead enough regarding room problems. Plus the 8c’s on stands aren’t all that attractive. Trading up to the active Signatures is definitely an option (I think, I'd have to talk to the dealer first) and the upcharge to actives isn’t much more than adding a couple of subs. My only concern would be will the actives produce as good a sound as the pricey pre/power amp that I have right now (taking the room out of the equation)? As I might not live here forever and have a better situation in the future. |
Instead of trying different recordings which vary from recording to recording, why don’t you get a Testone CD or if you subscribe to TIDAL, you can use this Testone album called “audio line up test tones”. You can listen to a frequency at every hundred hertz for approximately three minutes long. While the frequency is running, it gives you time to move your speakers around. I like running 30 Hz and then running 20 Hz. It’s amazing how many speakers say they’ll go to 20 Hz but you here next to nothing versus playing 30 Hz and then 40 Hz and then 50 Hz. The towns keep getting louder as it’s easier for this speaker to reproduce the sound.Try it works great!
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