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Need to tame bass

Hi, I have a pair of Von Schweikert vr3, love everything about them,just need to tighten up bass.My room is just a little to small,that adds to the problem.Right now I,m using a 8 ft. pair of monster m.75s,would like a speaker cable to tighten things up.Equiment I have: Audio Research LS3 pre., Forte Audio model 5 power amp,h.k.710 as transport,MSB DAC with p 1000 power base,audioquest coral and vampire interconnets.Right now I am looking to buy a pair of transparent plus interconnects that should help quite abit.Your help would be appreciated. P.S. I listin to jazz most of the time. Thanks
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sogood51
2,157 posts
 
Mark your room at 1/3 and 1/4th the distance between the front and rear wall...move the speakers between these two measurments as you listen to deep bass.

Make or buy some corner bass traps.

Dave
newbee
4,768 posts
 
I agree with Sogood, re speaker positioning (and listener position). Moving your speakers or chair a few inches could make far greater difference in a problematic room than all of the speaker cables in the world. And, if you find a cable that will "tighten up your bass", chances are that it will give you excessively brightened highs.
vmk
41 posts
 
I've had nice results with ASC tube traps in corners behind
speakers. You can fax/E-mail your room dimensions to ASC
and they will recommend ideal location.
david_berry
211 posts
 
Completely agree with Sogood51 and Newbee. I would also recommend purchasing a Radio Shack SPL meter and a CD with bass test tones (i.e. Stereophile Test Disc #3). I am currently doing exactly what Sogood51 has recommended. Man, the SPL numbers do jump around!

Regards,
nighthawk
259 posts
 
I am not familiar with Monster M.75, but I tried Monster M1 from an older system I had on my Soliloquy 6.5s and the sound was intolerably boomy, even when the speakers were 4 feet from the wall. Kimber Bifocal XL cleaned up the bass completely (without adding brightness). If placement doesn't cure your problem, try this cable or Kimber Monocle XL, if your speakers don't accept bi-wired cable.
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