Any brand that's known for quality LOW bass?

Speakerbox

Speakerbox

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I'm a bass man.
I love good highs and smooth mids too.
Any speaker can boom. The right size woofers and power can knock pictures off your walls.

But i'm talking about speakers that play lows just a lovely as the mids and highs with no sub needed. You can hear very clean lows in the 40hz tones or feel the lower tones at low to medium volume.

Which brand and model vintage speakers are known for clean but yet GOOD lows without breaking a sweat? I'll be watching this thread closely, taking down the model speakers. When I can afford it, I plan to start collecting vintage speakers. again, pictures would be nice too. And if i just described YOUR speakers, plesase show them off.:thmbsp:
 
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AR-3a's have low bass to die for.

Large Advents

KLH's

Here is where the technology comes into play. Acoustic suspension delivers clean, undistorted, low bass. You can get more bass out of ported systems and they are generally more efficient.

The AS speakers will require bigger amps, because of their low efficiency.

Hope this helps ...

Regards.
Jerry
 
onplane said:
AR-3a's have low bass to die for.

Large Advents

KLH's

Here is where the technology comes into play. Acoustic suspension delivers clean, undistorted, low bass. You can get more bass out of ported systems and they are generally more efficient.

The AS speakers will require bigger amps, because of their low efficiency.

Hope this helps ...

Regards.
Jerry
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Thanks Jerry. I don't know it all. so help me here with brands...

AR - Acoustic Research?

And what are AS speakers?

Thank you!
 
Speakerbox said:
Thanks Jerry. I don't know it all. so help me here with brands...

AR - Acoustic Research?

And what are AS speakers?

Thank you!
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Yep, AR = Acoustic Research

AS = Acoustic Suspension - a method of using trapped air as a very linear spring vs a mechanical spring. Only sound from the front of the woofer reaches your ears.

Ported systems store energy from the back wave for a half cycle then release through the port.

Hope this helps ...

Regards,
Jerry
 
as= acoustic suspension speakers, ie: sealed box. IIRC, large advents are rated -3db@35hz.

generally speaking (sorry), sealed systems have more output in the lowest octaves, while ported systems have bass that stays at a higher level, but then drops off twice as fast.
 
My wharfedale's have incredible lower bass reproduction. It's the first time I heard anything like it. It isn't that plasticky boom that is really loud. But it is so deep and spacious that it washes over the room. It's creamy, if that is understandable.
 
IMF and TDL Transmission line speakers. Both British, both posessing some of the best bass you can think of. Efficiency on the low side, soyou´llneed a hefty power amp to feed them.

jorge
 
Some JBL... Cerwin Vega for sure, but the mids leave some to be desired.. I've heard a few great KLH speakers that had a nice thump... and like others have said.. AR has some serious bark..
 
Speaking TL's...I've never owned any, but I've been looking. I read alot here and elsewhere that the DCM TimeFrame series, as a pseudo TL, has incredibly full, tight and accurate bass.
I gotta get me some of dem.
 
try one of the bigger Thiels...

CS3.6's reach 20 - 25 hz with the proper amplification..;

I second the Advents btw, especially when stacked :D


Keep them spinning,
Bert.
 
basite said:
try one of the bigger Thiels...

CS3.6's reach 20 - 25 hz with the proper amplification..;

I second the Advents btw, especially when stacked :D


Keep them spinning,
Bert.
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junkaudio said:
infinity kappa 9 has very deep bass with the right amp:music:
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hifi_nut said:
IMF and TDL Transmission line speakers. Both British, both posessing some of the best bass you can think of. Efficiency on the low side, soyou´llneed a hefty power amp to feed them.

jorge
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While some folks aren't fond of transmission line designs ( I believe Winslow Burhoe pooh-poohs this design in his speaker lexicon), there are lots of fans of this design. I've heard rave reviews of both IMF and Frieds, both designs of Irving M. Fried. I've also heard good things of Rega's transmission lines.

An off-brand I've been incredibly impressed with is a company called Royd. An English based company, the unique construction cues of these have produced some interesting results, one of them being clan, clear bass.

I've been pleased with a pair of well-fed Thiels- Thiel uses ports or passive radiators. I've also been pleased with Vandersteens, which use a passive mechanical radiator.



My experience has been older ported designs and maybe even passive radiator designs in a very general blanket statement were not as "tight" as the sealed acoustic suspension designs. But this seems to lose much of it's truth as one moves forward in the future, with companies that have taken advantage of both excellent engineers and what I'd wager is a huge advancement in computer aided design.


I've also been pleased with the Braun driver equipped a/d/s/ line of speakers- and the type of bass you're eager for, I'd look into the twin-woofer models.



Lastly, it'd be a crime not to mention the Infinity line- from some of the early standard woofers to the incredible, but very demanding dual-voicecoil Watkins woofers.


I've no experience with KEF speakers, but some of the isobarik designs (in theory at least) should also provide a nice kick in the pants. Linn made some isobarik speakers as well.
 
Any of the large EPI/Genesis speakers with the 8" (yes, eight inch) woofer and 10" passive. Deep, clean, tight bass to die for. I have subs that don't go as low. They really will boggle your mind.

Take care,

Ed
 
Ohm Walsh 5. 1987 is vintage isn't it? :D And organs are unreal on this speaker.

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