Do you think speakers are too simple?

[Bill_Bright]

If I buy this shall I still have to buy a separate subwoofer?

Will you "have" to? No. Will you want too? Only you can answer that. I say give these a try for a couple weeks. Then if you find you are wanting more thumping bass, then you can look around for a sub/LFE system.

 

[mclaren85]

Will you "have" to? No. Will you want too? Only you can answer that. I say give these a try for a couple weeks. Then if you find you are wanting more thumping bass, then you can look around for a sub/LFE system.

I mean, compared to my older altec 2.1, would this bookshelf type speaker set be the same or better or worse? (When speaking only about bass frequency)

 

[Bill_Bright]

My answer has not changed. Only YOUR ears can decide this.

 

[Frick]

I mean, compared to my older altec 2.1, would this bookshelf type speaker set be the same or better or worse? (When speaking only about bass frequency)

I will venture a weak "the same" here. If bass is what you want, do not look at studio monitors.

 

[Eskimonster]

Wish they made more like this setup i use. They are now 20 years old.

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[nomdeplume]

I mean, compared to my older altec 2.1, would this bookshelf type speaker set be the same or better or worse? (When speaking only about bass frequency)

In the nearfield of sitting at a desk with speakers on it bass (wavelength longer than 10 feet) reinforces the entire spectrum up beyond what you can hear. For the purpose of discussion, mid-bass and midrange quality can be improved from your Altec 2.1 by using better quality speakers and amplification.

Don't overthink any of this or get lost in marketing specifications that tell you nothing about how a speaker will sound or perform where you place them. You are clearly not a highly technical listener who should be confusing audiophile with enjoyable to listen to. Make a sensible purchase and expect the sound to change for better and worse as the speakers physically break in.

 

[Carlyle2020hs]

At the moment you are catering more to your belly button than to your ears.

Please hang both speakers on the wall in head height.

Until then you are not ridicule-proof!

Like the last 4 pages that i´ve read where not one fellow audiophile deemed it necessary to point this out...

 

[nomdeplume]

At the moment you are catering more to your belly button than to your ears.

Please hang both speakers on the wall in head height.

Until then you are not ridicule-proof!

Like the last 4 pages that i´ve read where not one fellow audiophile deemed it necessary to point this out...

Oh? You are a Bibliophile as well I presume.

Having the speakers elevated and aimed directly at your ears is of primary importance no matter what you are using. You want to create the stereo effect not aim sound at your chest.

 

[iameatingjam]

There was a time when I had a life and would have parties and stuff, so I bought computer speakers with a pretty overkill sub. But I usually keep the bass down to minimum these days anyway not to disturb the neighbours. So I imagine nowawadays, something simple would do me fine. And what I have now is just still with me because, well they haven't broken yet.

At the end of the day, its up to you man. Are you satisfied with the sound?

 

[Bill_Bright]

If bass is what you want, do not look at studio monitors.

This really makes no sense unless you meant "exaggerated" bass. If that is the case, then I agree - you don't want studio monitors.

But if "realistic" bass, that is, if you want to faithfully reproduce the bass as it was produced by the musicians, then studio monitor speakers are exactly what you want.

At the moment you are catering more to your belly button than to your ears.

Please hang both speakers on the wall in head height.

Until then you are not ridicule-proof!

Like the last 4 pages that i´ve read where not one fellow audiophile deemed it necessary to point this out...

LOL

Well, if you are implying you are the only enlightened audiophile here, then maybe you need to be reminded that bass frequencies are "line-of-sight". This is why subwoofers almost always sit on the floor, often placed out-of-way, in corners or even often used as end-tables, on the floor, next to the listener.

Why does this matter here? Well, not to ridicule , but the OPs expressly asked in his post #13 about bass quality of those bookshelfs compared to subwoofers. And he mentioned his subwoofer again in post #20. Then he asked again about buying a subwoofer in post #73, and inquired yet again about bass frequencies in post # 77.

A subwoofer at "head height" would be ridiculous!