Not enough bass on Zensor 3's

pastorbarrett

Hi,

As per title, I have some Zensor 3's in my hifi setup. They're in quite a large room and I feel they're not delivering on bass. I see Dali offer a subwoofer (E9F) for £419 but am I right in thinking that's the wrong way to go add additional bass? I suppose for that money with trade-in money from the Zensor 3's I could upgrade to some new floorstanders (Q Acoustic 3050/ Zensor 7 and so on) that would offer more bass? 

Any opinions/ help appreciated

Richersounds.ie: John

meridiangroup wrote: »

Hi,

As per title, I have some Zensor 3's in my hifi setup. They're in quite a large room and I feel they're not delivering on bass. I see Dali offer a subwoofer (E9F) for £419 but am I right in thinking that's the wrong way to go add additional bass? I suppose for that money with trade-in money from the Zensor 3's I could upgrade to some new floorstanders (Q Acoustic 3050/ Zensor 7 and so on) that would offer more bass? 

Any opinions/ help appreciated

Meridiangroup,

sorry to answer a query with questions, but what sources and amp are you using? Are your speakers placed close to the wall or in 'free-air'?

If you give us some more info we can give a more informed opinion ( the 3050's sound great BTW  )

ATVB,

John Mc & Crew

pastorbarrett

Thanks for the reply.

I've a Project Debut Carbon debut going through a Sansui amp, seen here... http://www.whathifi.com/sansui/sap201v/review

The Zensors are mounted on stands about 9" from wall. The room itself is long and narrow, at a guess 10 feet wide x 30 feet long...

Cheers

Richersounds.ie: John

meridiangroup wrote: »

Thanks for the reply.

I've a Project Debut Carbon debut going through a Sansui amp, seen here... http://www.whathifi.com/sansui/sap201v/review

The Zensors are mounted on stands about 9" from wall. The room itself is long and narrow, at a guess 10 feet wide x 30 feet long...

Cheers

Thanks for that - yep I know that Sansui but to be honest I haven't had the opportunity to audition it as its not a brand that we stock anymore (I do have an original mint Sansui AU101 http://www.classicaudio.com/value/san/AU101.html at home though)..

Without specific knowledge then of your Amp - I would look at the Q Acoustics 2050i https://www.richersounds.ie/p-12716-2050i-gr.aspx?swapstore=1 which are £413 / €549.99 ( the euro prices include shipping) - the 2050 really do sound great and are really able to handle most loads and are quite efficient so your Amp should be well able to drive them - if you wanted a step up the have a look at the spanking new Q Acoustics 3050's which start at £499.95 / €649.99 ( for the graphite or walnut finishes) - here's a link to the beautiful leather finish:
https://www.richersounds.ie/p-201186-3050-leather.aspx

An alternative, if you wanted serious Bass would be the Monitor Audio MR6 - https://www.richersounds.ie/p-200808-mr6-black.aspx at just £450 / €549.99 these really are exceptional value and really do produce serious bass ( they are quite a large speaker!) also the euro price on the MR6 is brilliant - they should be over €650 given the current exchange rate so at under €550 including shipping they are super value,

Thanks again and keep us posted if any of thee are of interest or of course if we can assist in any way,

ATVB,

John Mc & Crew