All about the bass

I'm going to put forward what I know. Have had virtually insatiable bass lust ever since being exposed to my first subwoofer decades ago.

Go MONTANA -- the higher up the chain you go, the more capability is there obviously. Pair them with Plinius amps and you are there.

I had to retire my dual 18" sub enclosures, because they now serve no purpose. The MONTANA/PLINIUS combination will astound you -- providing room-moving articulate fast and deep deep bass so profound that subwoofers are almost unthinkable. Since I had the subs before I got the Plinius amps, I kept trying to use them, but just stopped turning them on eventually. Now they are permanently retired.

I concur w/Maich and also w/Tafka Steve. Room does play a very important part.

For amps, I would go w/Ayre V-5xe. It's still a sleeper.

anything is the Mark&Daniel or Von Schweikert lines.
Larry

You can save a lot and find a well cared for pair of NHT 3.3's. They don't get mentioned much around here anymore because they're "old news", but they fit the bill in this application.

Thanks to everyone for your recommendations, this is really helpful and I learned a lot by following your leads.

I 've uped my budget for these speakers to around $7K now and I am leaning towards the Audio Physic Scorpios. They seem to produce good results for their size.

Comparing the Audio Physics, ATC, Montana and Focus which one would you go for given their relative size?

Also, elaborating about the room: although the listening area is around 11x11 - the entire room is actually 11x25, carpeted.

Thanks again!