Legacy Classics and bottom end?

Sean..... what is "sonic combo"? Plus, If I shut off all ports can it damage the speakers? I have always thought Legacy could have built/ wanted > the Classic with 2 8" drivers. ( a Classic 8 ) 2 fast 8" drivers could put out a lot of bass and maybe not go as low.....add a sub to tweak the low end if wanted m o r e..... You are right about one thing... when you bloat the low end it smears bass detail and clouds what is above it.

By "sonic combo", i meant a combination of gear that adds up to a specific sonic presentation. In your case, it could be possible that your gear adds to the heavy bass that you're hearing.

As far as driver size goes, a smaller driver is NOT necessarily "faster" than a larger driver. This is a very common yet completely inappropriate belief. The "speed" of a driver is determined by driver mass to motor structure ratio, several different electrical characteristics of the driver itself and the bass alignment ( cabinet tuning ) used. While a smaller driver will typically have less cone mass, that's not always the case. Factor in that some smaller drivers have very small motor structures and they could still be "slower" than a bigger cone with a much stronger motor structure.

As a side note, some of the Morel and Dynaudio drivers use HUGE motor structures for their drivers with very lightweight cones. My Brother is using Morel's for his mids and woofers for this reason. His 9" woofers have 3" voice coils, which is as big or bigger than some 12's, 15's and 18's. To top it off, the cone mass on these 9's is about 1/4 that of the typical 10" - 12" woofer. If that's not impressive, the 5" mids that he's using share the same 3" voice coils. This is equivalent to shoving a built 454 into a Vega chassis i.e. massive power to weight ratio. While this makes for potentially excellent transient response, you can't get the extension that you want out of a woofer without mass. As such, he's using subs to fill in the bottom end that these otherwise excellent drivers can't provide. Sean
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Besides suggestions that others have made above, I believe that bi-wiring the classic can help increase bass however will not correct a bloat type problem.

I ordered the Signal bi-wire speaker cable. Plus the whole set. Interconnects,power cords ect. I got one set of the silver interconnect. I thought I would try it between my cd player.

I own a Legacy Focus. I am using it with an Older Krell Amp KSA 250.
I am bi-wiring with Ridgestreet Audio Poemia Speaker cable which is a silver ribben type cable. It truly brings out the clear bass notes.

Of course the Legacy speakers will have to placed out into the room 3-8 feet from the front wall and be away from sidewalls by about 3-4 feet. Small changes towards the center and front and back brought the bass in tune.

But again, I have tried many, many speaker cables and the Ridgestreet poeimia is the best for me.