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December 15, 2006 - 6:57am
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If you're satisfied with the mid range and high frequencies from your current speakers why not just add a very good sub woofer and solve your inadequate bass complaint?
I'm using the Radio Shack LX5's with the Lineaum drivers on top. I love them. I bought a sub to fill in the bass. Good results on a tight budget. I've auditioned other budget speakers over the years but I always go back to the LX5's because of those Lineaum drivers.
That might be an option, but my thought was that the issue with the bass was probably higher up in the frequency range than a subwoofer would help. I'm talking about the clarity and definition (rather than weight) of, for example, a bass guitar.
Too little WATTS also makes for muddy bloated, ill defined bass. No such thing as too many WATTS. You would be amazed how even small speakers open up with more WATTS available for the bass. More WATTS, less wire BS.
Removing the need for the mains to produce bass almost always cleans up their sound. It's like adding more amplifier power because you really have.