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Want More Bass

Got a new Rogue Audio tube amp and preamp. (88 and 66 magnum). Used to have a solid-state integrated that seemed to have more bass output. Now, with my speakers (and these components), I long for deeper bass. (My current speaker's bass response is rated at 50hz.) My previous experience with a tube integrated also seemed light in the bass at lower volumes. I listen more at lower volumes than at higher volumes.

So... what are my options:

1. find a new speaker that goes deeper? if so, what is recommended? Budget $3000 max. Needs to be a slim tower design due to room constraints. (Room is 11x17 and speakers are on the 17' wall. Music preference is mostly indie rock, small group jazz and electronica.)

2. add a sub? the preamp has two outs, so I could use interconnects from the preamp. if so, what is recommended. Budget for a sub would be sub $1500.

3. Other suggestions?

Thanks all for your help.
vertewax
bob_bundus
1,834 posts
 
some posters are counseling cable and power cord adjustments to give this system more bass
Naysayer has obviously never experimented with cabling to improve system synergy & has no idea of what this can do, yet advises against it. Hogwash...
beavis
272 posts
 
Try moving your speakers closer to front wall. I think the reason tube amps don't work well with modern speakers is because of smaller enclosures which, for the most part, produce "less" bass. People didn't want two BIG speakers, and I do mean BIG, in their living room when the big change from mono to stereo came along. If you look at old of houses with mono speakers, you'll discover most speakers were shoved against a wall.

Also, you might try "tube rolling."
seandtaylor99
1,262 posts
 
Bob ... why must you always flame people who disagree with you ? I also have found that cables can improve a system that I'm already happy with, but will not rescue a system which I'm fundamentally unhappy with.
rsbeck
887 posts
 
On the contrary, I've done many cable experiments.

Awhile back, I connected $10,000 speaker cables to the front door of my house. Within moments, I noticed a difference. A close inspection revealed that I have
the only mahogany door in the neighborhood that is completely free of grain and the middle of the door seems to be pleasantly liquified. A week later, after some break in time, I heard a rumbling coming from under the house. Sure enough, where before there was only dirt, I now have a brand new basement!

But seriously, I don't know everything, but I do know
the difference between adding *CAPABILTY* to a system and a *TWEAK.* I seldom confuse the two.
danvetc
527 posts
 
Amen, Rsbeck. The suggestion is ridiculous.
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