My recent trip to Sovereigns lair, apart from being a most enjoyable chance to listen to music and some different gear, left me wondering yet again whether I could tinker with my set up just a tad and remedy its most obvious defect without losing its most alluring qualities.
In simple terms - More bass - no loss of midrange "ethereal" and detail.
The obvious option - a subwoofer. I have a cheap and cheerful Cambridge audio active bought for use with the home cinema. As I have often done before, I had a go at blending it in with the HiFi. This must have been the first time with the Quads, because it was a good bit more successful than before.
It didn't damage the midrange - the main qualities - anywhere near as badly as experiments with the ventricals and Lowthers had. But it stood out like a sore thumb that the bass - whilst nice to have there - was nothing to write home about. Sufficiently interesting to want to try a better sub-woofer
Obvious candidates are REL T5 or T9. My living room is small (about 15m2). T5 is the more affordable! Any thoughts / direct experience of the 2 of them?
Any chance of a loaner from someone near Maidstone would of course be even better, but pretty unlikely. Sovereign and I are a lonely colony it seems