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A question of bass... Several actually.

I recently auditioned Dynaudio 72's and Rega R3's.
I enjoyed them, the Regas mostly. I found the Dynaudios didn't live up to their hype.
When I asked about bass (speakers having full bass response) the salesman (who owns the shop) said "If you want bass you have to shell out the big bucks."
Is that it?
Is it necessary to spend $1000 per speaker or over to have audible, palpable, appropriate bass reproduction?
To be clear I am not talking about disco dancing bass, but bass frequencies are a necessary part of the audio spectrum.
The salesman also mentioned that for high end audio a separate subwoofer is not appropriate as it "doesn't track."
To cover this fully, doesn't putting the amp output into a sub's crossover to be split to satellites compromise imaging etc?
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atmasphere
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If you want to keep the mids and highs of the Primaluna, and still get respectable bass, you have to have a set of speakers that are designed to allow the amplifier to do just that.

For more information on matching equipment see
http://www.atma-sphere.com/papers/paradigm_paper2.html

Dynaudios for the most part are not designed for tubes, being Voltage Paradigm technology. In addition, their efficiency is so low that you will really need about 600 watts to really make them work if you want life-like spls.

Audiokinesis has made some very impressive speakers that also play bass on lower powered tube amps. Coincident is another, but you might be looking at used to get in the price window you have.
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atmasphere
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If you want a reasonable subwoofer approach, take a look at the SWARM by Audiokinesis, http://www.audiokinesis.com/ click on Planetarium

This system obviates the usual room nodes and provides a seamless, extended natural bass.
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