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Full range tower speakers with bass under $10k

Hello all,I am searching for full range towers with great bass for under $10k.  I do have a sub (JL E series), but seems that when I hook up my Revel F36s directly to my integrated amp, it sounds better directly than going through the sub, sub's crossover, back to the speakers.  I am guessing that the sub's crossover is the factor that degrades the sound quality.Ultimately, I decided to explore full range speakers in order to eliminate the subwoofer.Triton Reference has great specs, but they are too tall and unattractive for me.PSB T3 looks great with frequency going down to 24hz.Revel 229Be looks really nice.Any suggestions would be appreciated.
skimrn
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bdp24
4,908 posts
 
The bass in some of the bigger Salks is produced by the built-in Rythmik Audio Servo-Feedback Subwoofer system.
mzkmxcv
558 posts
 
@dweller

No, all modern B&W gear have an intentional dip somewhere between 2kHz-5kHz, even the 800 D3 models, but less severe than say the 600 models.  
  
Maple refer to this as the BBC dip, as the LS3/5A has it, but that had it as it’s off-aids wasn’t optimal, spreading the myth that neutral on-axis in that region isn’t ideal, it is, but the off-axis needs to be ideal as well. B&W speakers usually have great off-axis relative to the on-axis (which is what imaging is), so that makes up for it.
bigkidz
1,784 posts
 
Will be selling a pair of Vandersteen 5 s soon.  Just saying
skimrn OP
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@m-db, My amp is Marantz PM-10, it does have "Power Amp In" for Preamp, would that work? I thought I needed an "Out" for sending signal to the powered sub L&R.
BTW, the PSB 3Ts does look nice!
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