Robin L
Master Contributor
I don't use my loudspeaker based system much. It's in a small room that's in an apartment. Looks like we're moving soon, then I'll be able to use it again:Hi Robin, you are completely right. I do not see Bruckner or Mahler satisfactory without low octaves.
This would work well in a medium or small room. The speakers are a/d/s 400, below the speaker on the right is a small Sonance powered subwoofer. I've got a Yamaha AV receiver in the [mostly obscured] rolling rack on the right. I think the total cost of all that is about $100, I got them from yard sales and thrift shops. The a/d/s speakers are good, haven't heard the Adam speakers, but they have a good chance of being better. If you're in a smaller room, something like this would work out well. The a/d/s 400 speakers have a 6 inch mid-bass and a 1 inch dome tweeter. It was designed to be used with subs, the output of the speakers drops precipitously below 100 hz, so they won't have much overlap with the subs. It's true that there are advantages to smaller drivers under certain conditions, a smaller room would be one of them. The further you get away from a large driver, the easier it is for all the drivers to blend. In any case, it shouldn't be hard to find a small powered sub used and for little money. The Sonance sub goes down to 30hz. It's not earth-shaking, but it does fill out the lower octaves. If you got speakers limited to about 70 hz, this can be helpful. I notice that the Adam self-powered speaker with the 8 inch driver is clean to 40 hz. That might be enough.