I'm quite disappointed with my Denon DM33 microsystems standard
speakers.
Lovely and crisp, but NO bass at all. Well not much.

[snip]


Sorry - too many questions! ANy opinions or advice will be greatly
appreciated.

Cheers!




Is that the Denon with speakers made by Mission? They should be good
enough. Where are they placed? Putting them near a wall will improve
the subjective bass.

Otherwise you can get floor-standers if your room is not too large
given the power available but they need space - typically up to 1m
from the nearest wall in any direction. You will certainly get better
sound from them than your existing. Also look at/listen to some of the
Gale floorstanders: they are a bit smaller than the KEF but sound
quite good. It has to be said that for most purposes floor standing
speakers sound better than bookshelves if you want bass, but people
often say that their imaging is not so good - with which I would have
to agree as the owner/user of both KEF Q55 and Spendor BC1.

Ultimately it depends upon your taste, the type of music you play, and
how loud you want it. Decide on those, then take some discs that you
know, go to Richers on a quiet day and with any luck they'll
demonstrate them - or you will be able to take them home to try them.


--
Woody

harrogate3 at ntlworld dot com



Thanks for the reply, Woody.

Yeah, I've heard it was Mission that designed them.

The longer version of my story is:

Had an old system comprising Yamaha amp, Cambridge Audio CD player and
Tannoy Mercury MX1 speakers. It was a modest system, but I was quite happy
with the sound.

Then, the CD player played up to the point where I couldn't stand it any
more and my little boy pierced the centre bit (dust cap?) of the Tannoys
with his jet fighter. A new system was in order.

I thought that to save space I'd try a compact microsystem. Played a few in
a couple of shops and was very dishearthened until I tried the Denon.
Compared to the others it seemed a world apart! Cash was splashed out
immediately!

After getting it home (~6mnths ago now) I was a little disappointed. Maybe
my expectations were too high. I connected up my damaged Tannoys and it
sounded much more rounded but a bit sort of wooly and loose. Sorry - don't
know how to describe it. But I'm putting it down to the damage.

So, I'm hoping that if I get some bargain spekers, I will be content again!
But I'm a bit worried that I should have just gone the separates route
instead... Can't afford to change the whole lot now anyway!

So - thats where I am!

Today, I phoned Tannoy to see about getting replacement cones. They were
extremely helpful, but the cones were a shocking 44.87 + VAT each, plus £5
delivery! That would total what I paid for the speakers new!

So, now I'm looking at:

1) Follow the wifes advice. Sut the **** up and be happy with what I've
got!
2) Get some KEF/Gale/MS floorstanders post crimbo
3) Get MX1s repaired
4) get subwoofer
5) ebay

1) Don't think I can manage this
2) Most likely as far as I can see at the moment
3) I would if it were half the price
4) Worried about quality. No reason - subwoofers are new to me. Also
worried about upsetting the neighbors!
5) Finding something decent/right and local(to avoid massive postal costs)
seems tricky

I play mainly 'rock' music - Cake, genesis, soundgarden, stevie wonder,
flaming lips, etc etc. Usually at modest volumes - neighbors and three
small children! SO don't want silly amounts of bass, but really want a
clean, punchy sound.

Thanks for te advice - any other thoughts would be welcome!

Cheers!