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Instead of a sub, you may get by with an EQ. Won't help too much with organ music, but works well with music like classical, pop and rock.

I have a music server and therefore have an EQ with my software.

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RE: Need more bass? Then brace your panels - Satie 11:04:32 09/21/12 (0)
Use a Mye stand

Brace the top of your speaker to prevent swaying. Bolt the top to a hardwood pole attached to a stud in your wall at about a 90 deg angle to the panel. It can give you up to a 6 db boost at low bass frequencies.
RE: Need more bass? - JBen 00:48:18 09/19/12 (0)
I am truly glad that the EQ works for you. OTOH, while it is no showstopper if you can't hear it, you may want to keep the following in mind.
The amount of bass boost power at your intended target frequencies, will likely spill down to where it is either wasted (not reproduced) and/or add mechanical intermodulation.
Assuming that the power amps are fine with it, most likely so in your case, it is just the added intermodulation that you will not be able to prevent. Yet, there are things that may be worse offenders. Therefore, I am not religious about this.
Just keep all this in mind as you go on tuning your system for more clarity, more so at higher volumes.
Also, please trust what the others are saying: there are better ways. Less easy, true; but better. If/when that time comes that clarity becomes a perceivable issue for you, we can all check notes to see about your options. That's what we always do, ain't it?
In the meantime, enjoy things the way you currently like them. I am sure that they are far better than many other people will ever know.

Edits: 09/19/12
RE: Need more bass? - pictureguy 20:31:06 09/18/12 (0)
With a sub, I play no louder, but the bass is THERE.
Too much is never enough
"Instead of a sub, you may get by with an EQ?" ... - andyr 15:46:49 09/17/12 (8)
If by "EQ" you mean "provide some bass boost from, say 35Hz down ... from my experience, I would suggest this is not a good idea ... as what you are doing is forcing the mylar to excurt more (so it gets into a weaker electromagnetic field).

A few years ago, I added a Siegfried Linkwitz-style (from his Orion XO), below-30Hz boost to my 3-way active XOs. This is switchable in and out.

Sure it gave me more bass ... but the result was uncontrolled - so I no longer use it.

Subs are the only way, IMO. :-))

Regards,

Andy
- RE: "Instead of a sub, you may get by with an EQ?" ... - josh358 17:16:19 09/19/12 (3)
  Doesn't Scruffy listen in the near field? That's going to give you a nice bass boost to begin with, plus its going to keep excursions low, meaning you can equalize the bass without overdriving the woofers.
  - Yes, I listen in nearfeild - scruffy_ 15:42:32 09/20/12 (2)
    All is fine. Good bass and GREAT detail using an EQ. I live in an apartment and nearfield maximizes the volume to my ears. My neighbor (the manager) would never put up with a real sub.
    - RE: Yes, I listen in nearfeild - Norman M 07:23:42 09/21/12 (0)
      "My neighbor (the manager) would never put up with a real sub."
      
      Maybe you should learn what s(he) would say about a reverse peephole?
      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Reverse_Peephole
    - RE: Yes, I listen in nearfeild - josh358 05:56:37 09/21/12 (0)
      Dipoles are great for that, since they dump I think 4.2 dB less sound into the room for a given on-axis SPL.
- RE: "Instead of a sub, you may get by with an EQ?" ... - scruffy_ 13:18:23 09/18/12 (0)
  I use an EQ on 110 Hz on down. I raise it by 3 db. The added bass makes the music sound great.
- RE: "Instead of a sub, you may get by with an EQ?" ... - sailor321 06:28:09 09/18/12 (1)
  I agree with (as usual)Andy.
  The sound of my system got so much cleaner when I cut the Maggy IIIa's off at 50hz and brought my subs in at 45Hz. I can play much louder too with out mylar slap.
  So it goes.........
  - RE: "Instead of a sub, you may get by with an EQ?" ... - slbenz 20:27:53 09/18/12 (0)
    I would agree but I am happy with a cutoff at 80Hz.
- RE: "Instead of a sub, you may get by with an EQ?" ... - Rod H. 17:48:31 09/17/12 (0)
  I agree. Also, subwoofers actually aren't for more bass when used "properly". They are for deep bass extension, and as you point out Andy, Maggies don't tolerate a large x-max!

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