MCM_Fan
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I found they sounded great when supplemented with a subwoofer for rock music, which is my main genre as well.
What subwoofer are you using? Do you run the LS50s wider open? If you cut them off, what frequency? I've read some posts that people like to run them wide open and supplement them with a subwoofer. I was going to try that with a couple passive "subs", the first being a 3D Acoustics bass module from their 3D610B 3-piece system:
The 3D bass module has a built in crossover at 100Hz. I can either crossover the LS50s at this frequency, or run them wide open. Visually, this is a good match for the BP John nightstand I plan to use with my office system:
But I need to test it with the LS50s to see how they sound together.
Next up is a Canton Plus C passive subwoofer:
If neither of those integrate well with the LS50s, I'll go active, probably with the Definitive Audio ProSub 800 I used to run in my bedroom system with a pair of modified (Dennis Murphy mods) Pioneer SP-BS22-LR speakers. It's a powered sub with variable loudness and crossover frequency controls. So, not as visually interesting as the passives, but a lot more flexibility when it comes to matching it to the LS50s.