@juliushui I second this. A very accomplished loudspeaker that works well against a wall or in free space.
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Hey all for some reasons I retreated from the idea of new speakers only few hours after I started this thread, so I didn’t provide further details and left it as an open discussion. Hopefully it would also benefit to whom looking for pair of bookshelf produces good bass.
Truly happy to have all of your ideas. Personally I’m very interested in ATC SCM 7 V3 (as I heard it’s more efficient than older version, and love large current like Naim amps), love it’s mid bass unit’s very earthy and meaty balance. And Proac Tablette 10 S sounds really sweet.
But please feel free to suggest your best bookshelf for bass, happy to learn about great speakers under my radar!
Thanks and much appreciated!
Russel K Red 50 on SS60 stands are pretty good for me… well actually I find them outstanding.
The most accurate I have heard, but do use room reinforcement are Gold Build LS3/5a by Falcon Acoustics.
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Bookshelf I suspect meant bookshelf.
For bookshelf, the AlChris Booki is unbeatable value. A cult following and phenomenal performance;
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The OP clarified very early on that he/she meant standmount - however s/he has abandoned the search so immaterial.
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apologies.
Not needed at all! I was merely clarifying that your suspicion was wrong, but your suggested speaker probably as valid as many.
It is already mentioned, but as a ATC SCM 7 owner, this is just an amazing speaker. They are driven by a SuperUniti and this is a happy marriage in my opinion.
I had the b&w 805d for audition, but music came to life after placing the ATC’s on the stand.
Still listening to music, stopped looking at other speakers, this little giant is the one for me.
De bass it delivers is of course limited, however, every frequency that leaves the speaker is spot on and very musical.
Coupled the pair with a Rel subwoofer for the missing parts in the lower end, happy listener !
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I suggest you also listen to the Harbeth P3s.
I use them n combination with the with the Naim CI Uniti 102 and it sounds great.
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Is that a blue colored Naim logo ?
This topic had potential but it fell apart the moment people started posting about their favorite bookshelf speakers with feeble bass performance, overlooking OP’s fundamental requirement.
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Maybe you can give us an example of a well recorded bass track, you use to judge this. That could help I think.
That could derail the thread even further, IME a loudspeaker would need to be capable of at least 45Hz -3db anechoic to produce robust bass performance, which typically extends into the upper range of the last octave, in-room response. The most meaningful contribution I can remember of was by @Chalshus who mentioned Harbeth SHL5+ and Audio Note AN J-D. @Innocent_Bystander also made very good points on frequency extension needed to reproduce acoustical instruments. Bowers & Wilkins 805D4 and PMC twenty5.22i are two other bass capable British stand mounters that come to mind. I’m sure there are more, hopefully more contributors will chime in.
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Likelihood of feeble bass performance can be assessed from manufacturer’s or independent reviewers’ test data etc. E.g. using examples quoted somewhere above, if a speaker is already 6dB down at 60Hz, then it will be giving diminished bass compared to one that is only 3dB down at 40Hz, especially if rolloff is 24 dB/octave as is not uncommon.
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Some quick examples:
- Softly As In A Morning Sunrise (2024 remastered/Sonny Rollins/Wilbur Ware/Elvin Jones)
- Bahia Com H (Rosa Passos/Ron Carter)
- Falling In Love With Love (NH-O Pedersen/Sam Jones)
- Evening Song (NH-O Pedersen/Dave Liebman/John Scofield/Billy Hart)
some are old records bass not as deep but defo worth a try…
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Linn Kan.
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juliushui, do I understand you now use the same speaker as recommended by Igel, the Linn Kan MK1? I read that the Mk1’s are far fuller in the bass and sound bigger then they look. The Mk2’s are more detailed, but sound like a small speaker.
The two tracks I use to test for bass myself are :
- WB Blues from the album Inversations by Ari Hoenig https://open.qobuz.com/track/66758 132
- If you want me to stay from the album Life, Love & The Blues Etta James https://open.qobuz.com/track/1 88386
For me the bass of these two tracks sounds pretty good on my small Harbeths, but maybe not as big as you want.
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After 25 hours of running in, the Guarneris were close to being returned to the shop but after 100 hours the high frequencies have mellowed and the bass has come on song. Maybe it is just that my ears have finally adjusted to the different sound. Whatever, they are brilliant and seem a perfect match for my 200NCs
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With their Kef B110 drivers Kans don’t really do bass, rolling off below 70Hz, so on lower notes it is harmonics more than fundamental that you’d be hearing
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