(No Marketing in my future, or current carreer. Rather blah actually).


I've Read with interest this lengthy string, and (as always) found many good angles.

One item sticks out... The question of power.

My Prior B & W's were powered by 5 series amps 2 each, but I auditioned G Amps as well as Krell, and found no issues with bass response in my room. Each are very solid. implementing huge Torroids, and clean Struggle free Low end.
I did find that B & W boasted a much higher than actual efficiency and that they are in fact hard to drive, due to complex crossover circuit paths... but not that hard. You should get reasonable bass in an average room.


If you find anything less, you may wish to have your binding post/s checked and or the Crossover on you speakers tested. A tech told me that corrosion on the input leads, or bad Caps in the crossover, may unfairly punish your B & W's bass response.

The room may indeed have more to say about the raw bass power your ears measure.

My experience is that if with 200 w Class A rated Amps you cannot get great bass from your B & W's, then you are a candidate for DSP's simply because you need to make several adjustments to sound within your room, These adjustments are inherent to DSP's.

Short of a DSP you will need to revisit the room issues plaguing your speaker output. and Perhaps requires Room Correction with passives.

-Bernie