Apologies to Norah Jones, I needed more bass!

Sweet!

I can see that her voice would feel rounder with proper bass. But I mean I always imagined you would have a capable setup with all your gear and wizardry.

Also, I feel foolish because I thought I had plenty of bass. :D 

I had avoided using my sub for music due to ... excessive messiness trying to integrate a stereo integrated with an AVR.  I decided however to go fully active, and to convert my 2-way bookshelves to 3-ways and that restored a lot I had forgotten about. 

This may be the root cuase of me watching more TV and listening less to music! hahahaha

No worries, part our our pursuit is the ah ha moments, no ?

check out the Bosendorfer 290 Imperial is you want bass…

In case anyone wants to see the additional bass cabinetry:

https://speakermakersjourney.blogspot.com/2025/09/powereing-woofer-mark-i.html

At least in terms of displacement, this puts my main speakers in the same category as B&W 801’s and Magico S5s, if they were active. :)   Also, at 48" tall, they are the same height as the Magico S5, so they MUST sound the same, right?  

I would recommend Norah's album Little Broken Hearts if you want to hear her music with a bit more umph and bass. She collaborated with the producer Danger Mouse, so that album is decidedly not in her traditional oeuvre that most people associate with her.