anybody near sarasota Fl?

[bowtie427ss]

For home use, with music, I think they're fine without subs. I may not be as demanding as some are, Though. I haven't actually listened to my 9864 for awhile now, either.

Sometimes, especially with Altecs, they do what they do so well that we don't readily notice the things they don't do, or the things they don't do become only marginally relevant.

But, my own personal nit is that if it won't do an F3 at least as low as 41hz, it's not a full range system, again that's just my own personal opinion.

i'm a big fan of that bottom octave, much lower than 41hz. after looking at the response chart and stated frequency response, i'm pretty sure i'd need some VLF augmentation in order to live with them long term.

[Audio_by_Goodwill]

Sometimes, especially with Altecs, they do what they do so well that we don't readily notice the things they don't do, or the things they don't do become only marginally relevant.

But, my own personal nit is that if it won't do an F3 at least as low as 41hz, it's not a full range system, again that's just my own personal opinion.

i'm a big fan of that bottom octave, much lower than 41hz. after looking at the response chart and stated frequency response, i'm pretty sure i'd need some VLF augmentation in order to live with them long term.

Doing what they do so well, may be the case. Also, I typically have some sort of vintage home speaker hooked up that doesn't go too low either, so I'm used to it. Probably the best bass reproducers I've had were a pair of JBL L110A, but they needed to be re-foamed, plus other flaws so I parted them out.

Currently, I've got Jensen Triettes (TR-10U), that are quite bass shy.