Lack of Bass With my Setup

[Roland68]

Yes, without the sponges.
They direct on the table.

You mean the space from the wall?

In other place that I lived year ago, I had a bigger table and speakers direct on the table, but this table was beside the wall and also the speakers,
There when I heared music the table was shake from the bass. It's not was these speakers, they was others (I think some Edifier)



I assume subwoofer will solve the problem, but, I don't really wants to "shake" the room, just hear some bass/kicks which for now they sound "swallowed".
I don't know if from remote someone can solve the problem, but I sure that people can see problems that I don't see.

Are the controls set as shown in the picture?
Mid and High at 0, Low Cutoff at Flat, and Acoustic Space at 0 dB?

 

[DanielT]

I assume subwoofer will solve the problem, but, I don't really wants to "shake" the room, just hear some bass/kicks which for now they sound "swallowed".

Don't turn the subwoofer up too much in that case. That's the beauty of it all. You decide for yourself how much bass you want.
We've mentioned the importance of good integration of the speaker-sub plus EQ, but it might be worth pointing it out again.

 

[Ropeburn]

Lossy codecs always sacrifice highs first. Beats are preserved even with strong compression.

Funnily enough, when I tested my personal limit in terms of hearing codecs (192kbps MP3 I can still tell from lossless, not more), the difference I heard wasn't in the mids and highs, but in the bass. Uncompressed bass seemed "rounder" somehow. Hard to describe, but that's how I could tell it apart, not by the rest of the spectrum.

 

[witwald]

I assume subwoofer will solve the problem, but, I don't really wants to "shake" the room, just hear some bass/kicks which for now they sound "swallowed".

It has the potential to help, but it may need to be placed somewhere that is not aesthetically desirable. As was mentioned, it's possible to easily adjust its output to suit your particular needs, without shaking the room down, let alone the house if you get too enthusiastic about what you are hearing.

I don't know if from remote someone can solve the problem, but I sure that people can see problems that I don't see.

@ChaoscripT Can you please provide a diagram showing the dimensions of the room (including its height), the dimensions of the desk and its location relative to the the room walls, the location of the speakers on the desk, the location of the listening position, and the positions and sizes of windows, doors and other significant furniture. This information will likely be key to helping to provide a room acoustics-based assessment of the situation. Hopefully you have access to a retractable tape measure, or maybe even one of those fancy laser distance measuring devices. The measurements don't need to be done to millimeter accuracy, but it would be preferable to have them accurate to within a few centimeters or so. It may take a little while to draw up the diagram to scale, but the effort will be worthwhile in The Long Run (pardon the ♫ pun).

 

[beagleman]

One of the more difficult lessons I have learned since engulfing on this Hifi curse hobby, is room modes. I went through 3 pairs of speakers before I finally realised that the reason I wasn’t getting any mid-bass punch, was to do with my room, my listening position and the position of the speakers.

When you move the speakers closer or further from the wall, you will notice a difference. If you walk around the room, do you hear more bass in any location? Can you move your MLP?

There is a free app called house curve which although probably far from precise when using your phones microphone, can help you get an idea of what room peaks and nulls are affecting the bass in various positions.

Probably my biggest issue also. With only one sub its incredibly different as I move around room and to test tones and so on.

With 2 subs its better, but STILL not ideal.
Frankly I am not sure HOW I got good bass in ANY house before!


Edit: I do sound at my local church, and it is FAR bigger than any house living room and has a far bigger sound system, but overpowering bass, but at least it is mostly equal throughout the seating areas.

A house is just a bad space to have bass in. Too small, and too many walls. A huge big open room lets the bass waves travel without all the standing waves, but of course limits the overall level, unless one employs multiple larger subs, such as in my church.