More Bass


I recently purchase a pair of Legacy Signature speakers from an on-line retailer. I purchased them unheard, but I did my due diligence in researching them and I would have thought with the 7" woofers and a rated frequency response of 22-30K hz, there would have been a bit more bass (although there is a couple of tunes I have played where there is some bass that is really deep and sounds all garbled, very weird, but I just won’t listen to those songs,I guess).

I bought floor standers so I wouldn’t have to deal with the hassle that goes along with setting up subwoofers, also with all the space they take up and the negative WAF that goes along with them.

They are a little bright on the top end, but I’ll blame that on my room, it probably needs more treating, just limited on funds at the moment.

If I thought I needed subwoofers, I'm thinking I might have bought a pair of Fritz bookshelfs and a pair of subs, for probably less than the Sigs.

The price of Legacy subs is over the top for me, so do you think there is any way to get more bass without subs or are there any subs that are a bit smaller, that might do the trick as I am pretty limited on space (and funds as previously mentioned!) Thanks

 

 

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@navyachts Can you provide the dimensions of your room including ceiling height? I agree with others on the sealed vs ported design. Especially if the Signature SE have more than 3-4’ feet around them without walls, the 22Hz sealed will not charge the room as much as a ported speaker at 30Hz, let alone a quality sealed sub that goes down to 16-19Hz which is placed right in the corners. But it should provide detailed, accurate bass. I am now a Legacy Audio installer and have a pair of custom Signatures shipping soon. In my 19x23 room with 18’ slanted ceilings, I plan to use them 3-4’ from the front walls with subs in the corners. 

You want Bass.... Hook up a Mcintosh Ma6450 to your speakers. This amp has 4 times the bass I've ever heard on any other amp. When I use it, I have to turn the bass almost all the way down. You will never have to say I don't have enough bass again. Oh, I doubt that you would want to get a sub with it too.

Those speakers are not short on bass.  Could be a room issue but more likely it is your personal taste, which I am not criticizing.  My point is you want more bass than all speakers  will provide.

Easier than a sub is an equalizer and that speaker has the horsepower to give you what you want.

Jerry

This thread is so long because of the lack of measurements.  I strongly recommend you get OmniMic or Room EQ Wizard and measure at your listening location.

Yes, the lack of room treatment can make the room sound far too bright, but it can also have bad room modes.

Look at the AM Acoustics room mode simulator and try to keep your speakers and listening chair out of the lowest modes.

 

I think I’ve found your culprit. These speakers have about 2 Ohms for most of the bass region. A 4 Ohm rating is significantly optimistic.

They will require strong amplifiers capable of driving such difficult loads.