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Budget Strategies forTightening up Bass?

My system: Opera Consonance 120 Linear CDP, Extensively modded Jolida 302B, Silverline SR 17.5 monitors. AudioArt Speaker wire. Various IC's. Short of buying a sub, what is biggest bang-for-buck upgrade to tighten bass? Wire? PowerConditioning? ("currently" I have just an upgraded cryo-treated outlet) Better footers? (I have vibrapods and cones). I've got about $350 to spend on this... I know-- that's not much-- maybe my goal and my budget are mutually exclusive. Still, any suggestions would be appreciated!
stuartk
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drummermitchell
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If you want the most bang for the buck and if you could squeeze a few in the corners,I'd do some Gik tritraps.
They are about23"W and 12" deepif your corners can handle them
Those will make a huge improvement on the bottom end.
you can also make them yourself,Gik has dedicate circle now on audiocircle.
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sebrof
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You got your speakers backed into the corners of your room and the bass is too fat?? Hmm, you don't say.

C'mon man! What Timrhu said.
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mapman
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Yes, well, if the speakers are too close to corners or rear wall, definitely try moving them out away from corners and rear wall. That should ease up the bass.

Once the speakers are located for best sound , then you can assess if anything else is still needed from there.
stuartk OP
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I will explore all suggestions. Although I have only so much flexibility to move speakers, there is some wiggle room. I've e-mailed Alan Yun at Silverline and will get to work experimenting with room treatments and footers first before moving on to wire, amps. Thanks to all!
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Not to sound contrarian, I think the sub IS the best bang for the buck (short of repositioning the speakers, if that does the trick) to solve your problem.

There are several great subs in the budget price range by Hsu, PSB, SVS, etc.

Also, I've never found EL34-based amps to ever have extreme control over bass. It's not their strength. But the midrange is usually very good. Work to the amp's strength, and let the sub take care of its weakness.

Just my 2 cents.

Michael
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