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SPEAKERS, SPEAKERS AND MORE SPEAKERS.. BUT NEED BASS.?

Greetings audiophile fans,
I am in a challenging dilemma with SPEAKER selection and need a advice.. Budget 4K and less!!
Currently my setup consists ps audio pair mono amps, Jew Rowland pre and Oracle Delphi turntable..
I am mostly listening records (Jazz, folk....) I honestly prefer not to use sub due to space but prefer ful size tower SPEAKERS with enough bass to satisfy my need.. “IT’S ALL ABOUT THAT BASS” 
Soooo what have you heard and recommend for me??
Thanks and happy listening....
Cheers 

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mr_m
1,087 posts
 
Yogiboy, 
You are correct that a sub needs to be separately amplified, ( powered sub) and use of a filter preferably 80hz. While I will agree that many people will run a sub passive or active, with no high pass filter, this is not the optimal way or correct way, for that matter, to run a subwoofer. This was something I inadvertently omitted thinking it would be common procedure. The old adage, "never assume."
Cheers,
steakster
720 posts
 
mental 391    posts    09-13-2018    6:26pm
SVS...just went through this with a 1000 budget. I settled on the PB-2000 for my system(10 X 12 room). I looked at used for weeks and realized SVS subs and their 5 year warranty were the way to go.
@mr-m It appears that mental neglected to mention that he just purchased a sub for his system. Maybe he didn’t chose his gear carefully as he recommends to others.
mental    391 posts    09-23-2018    5:03p
". . . A decent two channel system does not require a sub. Choose your gear carefully and then appreciate it."



erik_squires
5,268 posts
 
Not sure how big you are looking for 

If you are a bass freak and want to feel like it's live, maybe you need some horns? 
erik_squires
5,268 posts
 
How about some JBL monitors? :) 
audiokinesis
1,872 posts
 

@yogiboy wrote: "Many people that use a sub run the speakers full range without the high pass option!"

I'm one of those people.

I remember trying to find a sufficiently transparent highpass filter for my tweaked-out Quad 63’s, which sat atop matching Gradient dipole subs. In the end the best results (to my ears) came from running the 63’s full-range and accepting that the max SPL was limited.

Now that I manufacture a subwoofer system, I’m aware that the parts cost in the highpass filter section of my subwoofer amp is not very high. I wouldn’t want it in my main speakers’ signal path if I could help it.

So when I design a speaker specifically to be used with subs, I make sure it has enough thermal & mechanical power handling and enough efficiency that the user has the option of foregoing a protective highpass filter with very little likelihood of significantly compromising headroom.

Duke

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