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They had good parents seeing how well they play with my Chorus's😊

Thank you and I'll keep updates on my progress.

Thanks to 314carpenter, I now own his walnut oil Forte II speakers that I recently purchased from him as well as his Monolith 10" subwoofer. All three speakers are 99.9 % flawless with upgrades. The Forte's sound spectacular with music with a bit more detail on the upper end compared to my Chorus's which must be due to the titanium diaphragm upgrades to the Forte II's. The Monolith sub seems to have twice the effect of having my recliner shaking with the absolute volume level at 26, even at minimum setting of 2 I can still feel some movement in extra low bass songs. My original sub is a SVS SB-2000 with a 12" driver. I'll be moving the Forte's & Monolith sub downstairs connecting them up to my Marantz SR18 for my 2.1 music listening.

Thank you. I have this book marked.

Where are you located? I'm in West central WI.

I appreciate your replies, thanks.

I have a chance to buy a pair of Forte II speakers in excellent condition. The owner says they were recapped and does have a pair of Crites crossovers for sale for $200. Would there be any benefit (music sound quality) by adding the crossovers?

Yeah, there must have been an air leak from one of the components I removed from the back speaker cabinet. I grew up with people stuffing the heck with all sorts of insulation inside of their speaker cabinets to dampen things down.

The front speaker bass issue seems to be solved. If I still have the null in my chair using the sub, I'll move the sub around, but not til tomorrow. I have enough bass now. I'll probably move the sub next tmy recliner, always wanted 2nd table by my chair. Thanks.

Funny thing, after I put everything back together and torqued all the screws a bit extra, the bass is now more pronounced! Even while sitting in my recliner. This without the sub on, probably no longer need it. Before, the volume had to be up between 40 and 50 to get my pant legs to ruffle, 50 was the max my ears could take unless out on the deck. Now, volume at 25 , I can feel the rumble throughout my body which is more of a comfortable listening level.

I removed the speaker terminal box and was able to push out the speaker which took quite a bit of force to pop it out. Connections are correct. Seems like their should be more foam inside the cabinet, only on one side which is 1 inch thick? Everywhere else is bare? Could this contribute to the bass issue?

Not sure what you mean about 6 screws holding terminal cap.

I tilted it to almost 45 degree forward until I felt the speaker cabinet slipping on the floor. I'll have to til wait this weekend and have someone help me tip it forward farther. I hate to have things go wrong.

I removed all the screws from the radiator speaker but having trouble pulling the speaker out. I took a small flat screwdriver to pry it out but I'm leaving indentations into the wood which I don't want. Any safe way removing the speaker without leaving any markings?

The bass is always the strongest just before entering kitchen and next to door on right of the picture. I'll work on many of the suggestions over the weekend, but first will be taking a look inside my speaker cabinets for the first time, to check polarity connections.

This is my listening area, about 14 feet from the A/V center. I'll work on the suggestions today & tomorrow that were given in all the previous posts.

I have been looking at a Marantz MM-7025 2 channel amp, but the way I have been hearing from here is that would not bring up the bass level.

I always keep my Eco-Mode off, there is a huge difference in sound quality (in a bad way" when on. When I stand in my listening area, the bass is good, but in my sitting position same area, I lose what seems to be 50% of my bass frequencies, I can move either left or right 2-3 feet, the bass gradually increases, really strange. As I mentioned in one of my earlier posts, every where else in the room including the kitchen, the entire frequency range sounds great. There are crossovers adjustments in my receiver, but I never wanted to mess with them since my 7.1 sounds great as is except for the bass null while sitting in my easy chair. I have tried every sound options in my receiver since I bought it about 2 years ago from Crutchfield but will continue doing so, there must be something I'm missing while adjusting sound options in my receiver. I know if I purchased a 2nd subwoofer and place them in their correct places, it will solve this null bass area, I'd rather do away with the assistance of the sub since I know the fronts can really pound except at very high volume setting. I'll move the fronts around some more but keeping them in the same end wall.

You are correct, I do NOT like flat frequency response. My eq settings have always been the smiling face look with mids slightly less than 0db, my son got stuck in that position too. "There’s an app you can get for your Marantz that will let you manually change the EQ curve for your main channels." How do I find this app? Thanks.

I never have opened up the speakers to check their polarities. I'll have a look inside.

I'll set the fronts to small for awhile, that could be the problem with low frequencies. I always had to turn up the bass after using Audyssey. There is a frequency adjustment & volume which I played around with as well as the phase shift adjustment. Polarities are correct. I'll try subwoofer placement some more. Will check for air leaks and read the article link. I wonder if a second woofer might help in this case? Appreciate all your help here.

Well taken.

Not sure I want to go that route. It's very loud at a 3rd up or slightly more on my volume, referring to the mid & highs.

I guess I'm not too familiar with bass traps or bass mats, I'll have to do some reading there.