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Where is my weakest link?

Just moved back to my newly remodeled home, finally got to hear my system again. My system consists of:

Sony SCD-777ES
Sonic Frontiers Line 3SE (Siemen 6922)
BAT VK-150 (stock Sovtek 6SN7)
Sonus Faber Amati Homage
AQ Diamond X3
AQ Clear X3
Cardas Golden Cross power cords

My room is 14x18 with speakers on the short wall, about 5' from the back all. I have very LITTLE bass. I have moved the speakers to 4' from the back wall to experiment, but no big improvement. I lost more bass when I pulled them further out of the back wall as expected because of 1/3 node cancellation.

I know Cu interconnect will give me more bass. Short of changing all my cables, what else can I change to improve bass without losing the transparency? I know Siemen is known to be on the lean side, should I start there or the 6SN7? Thanks for the help.
semi

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newbee
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Your listening position can greatly effect the amount of bass you hear - have you optomized that yet?
newbee
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Semi, before you buy expensive cables I encourage you to experiment more with placement. In my experience your listening position should be further out into your room, like 4 to 4 1/2 feet (sort of matching your speakers). I would buy a Radio Shack sound level meter and a test disk (you need also to get the corrections for the bass numbers - its mostly down under 60 hz) and chart out different locations for speakers and listening position. In my 19.5 x 13.5 ft room I found mine at 25% into the room for speakers and listening position). Also, you don't mention side wall distances - you will get some reinforcement from that placement as well. You might look at Rives site and plug in your room dimensions and see what that would recommend. IMHO, while cables might make a difference, it will only be a subtle one.
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