On Thu, 7 Aug 2003 05:21:14 +0300, "JMB" wrote:

Just lacks a bit of "oomph" with heavy
percussion.

Easily solved. When I reviewed the original DM30 for Stereophile, I
found that adding a small powered subwoofer to the mono (line) output
did the trick.

Kal

"Kalman Rubinson" wrote in message
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On Thu, 7 Aug 2003 05:21:14 +0300, "JMB" wrote:

Just lacks a bit of "oomph" with heavy
percussion.

Easily solved. When I reviewed the original DM30 for Stereophile, I
found that adding a small powered subwoofer to the mono (line) output
did the trick.

Kal

Kalman, regarding the lack of "oomph", I was actually commenting on my
old Panasonic mini system, which I imagine didn't make it into the pages
of Stereophile! Apologies if my previous post was unclear. However, your
suggestion to add a small sub to the Denon is duly noted.

I must admit I am quite unfamiliar with subs, as in the past I've always
considered them to be for home cinema use, rather than for listening to
music. My simplistic viewpoint was that Joni Mitchell's acoustic guitar
was unlikely to benefit from 250W of sub-50Hz bass! However, the idea of
being able to control the lowest frequencies independently now seems
rather appealing. Initially I think I'll have to see how the Denon
sounds without a sub, and try to buy the best quality main speakers I
can afford, but I will definitely consider a small sub as a future
upgrade.

So, if I felt it would be helpful to add a small subwoofer at a later
date, could someone recommend a suitable low-cost, good quality product,
in keeping with the spirit of the Denon? My room is approximately 5x4m
in size, if that helps.

Thanks.

On Thu, 7 Aug 2003 16:55:32 +0300, "JMB" wrote:

So, if I felt it would be helpful to add a small subwoofer at a later
date, could someone recommend a suitable low-cost, good quality product,
in keeping with the spirit of the Denon? My room is approximately 5x4m
in size, if that helps.

Dunno. I tried it with the smallest Canton sub at the time because
that was what was available. Considering the system context, I do not
see that the sub need be anything huge unless you are a head-banger.
For most classical, it was not necessary but sometimes helpful.

Kal

On Wed, 06 Aug 2003 22:36:39 -0400, Kalman Rubinson wrote:
On Thu, 7 Aug 2003 05:21:14 +0300, "JMB" wrote:

Just lacks a bit of "oomph" with heavy
percussion.

Easily solved. When I reviewed the original DM30 for Stereophile, I
found that adding a small powered subwoofer to the mono (line) output
did the trick.

Indeed, and in fact in the 1990s Thomas Heinitz made a comfortable
living selling the earlier Denon D70 mini system together with LS3/5a
loudspeakers and a powered subwoofer, which made extremely enjoyable
sounds:

http://www.google.com/groups?selm=37...&output=gplain

Thomas Heinitz passed away in 1997; the following obituary appeared
in The Times:

http://www.thomasheinitz.com/tom.html

--
Anthony Edwards

On Thu, 07 Aug 2003 17:58:42 -0000, Anthony Edwards
wrote:

Indeed, and in fact in the 1990s Thomas Heinitz made a comfortable
living selling the earlier Denon D70 mini system together with LS3/5a
loudspeakers and a powered subwoofer, which made extremely enjoyable
sounds:

http://www.google.com/groups?selm=37...&output=gplain

Thomas Heinitz passed away in 1997; the following obituary appeared
in The Times:

http://www.thomasheinitz.com/tom.html

Indeed, I remember his remarkably conservative ads in HFN way back in
the 60s.

Kal