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No bass on BAT VK-3ix SE preamp?

Need a little help here. Picked up a 3iX SE, my first BAT product. There is not any bass what so ever (tubes?). The mids and highs are there (love at first hearing) but just a soft rumble from lower mids down. Nothing against BAT. If I ever replace this it will be another BAT. I've finally found something really "special"! here with my first taste of BAT. Thanks
siddigger
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jmcgrogan2
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That seems odd to me. I currently have a BAT VK-3iXSE in my system on loan, and at first the bass was too much. It was new, so I ran it for 240 straight hours (10 days). The results were much better, the bass is now much tighter. At first the bass was over-powering and loose, now, it's still powerful, but much better definition.
koiman
51 posts
 
I have the Modwright SWL 9.0 Pre Amp with the Channel Island D-200 Amps and a pair of Salk HT3 speakers, and I have all the bass you would want.
aball
2,018 posts
 
Hmmm...with 100k input impedance, there shouldn't really be a bass problem. Maybe your preamp is faulty? You might need to call BAT for this one.
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