The 936’s need no subs to dig down to 32Hz quite flatly with some considered boundary reinforcement. They make just as much deep bass as the 948’s and are simply better suited for a smaller room.
The thing with the 936’s is that they will reveal the virtues and drawbacks of the best amps you put behind them. Mine are totally taking advantage of the virtues of a Pass class A amp and I rather doubt you’re going to find a better commercial integrated. I understand it’s not common to dump as much or more than the speakers are worth into amplification, but these speakers WILL take full advantage of the best power you can buy. I strongly recommend quality over quantity in so much as at least having to power to satisfy your volume demands. At a listening distance of 12 feet, 36 watts RMS is plenty for my listening tastes and is in fact more than enough to do hearing damage.
All that said HR at Stereophile reviewed them with a stack of Moon gear to good effect. He also used the Primary Luna tube integrated at 30 watts or so and was pleased as well.
The thing with the 936’s is that they will reveal the virtues and drawbacks of the best amps you put behind them. Mine are totally taking advantage of the virtues of a Pass class A amp and I rather doubt you’re going to find a better commercial integrated. I understand it’s not common to dump as much or more than the speakers are worth into amplification, but these speakers WILL take full advantage of the best power you can buy. I strongly recommend quality over quantity in so much as at least having to power to satisfy your volume demands. At a listening distance of 12 feet, 36 watts RMS is plenty for my listening tastes and is in fact more than enough to do hearing damage.
All that said HR at Stereophile reviewed them with a stack of Moon gear to good effect. He also used the Primary Luna tube integrated at 30 watts or so and was pleased as well.