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I'll definitely set them up like that to hear how they sound. Should be interesting. When the time's right I'll come back for some amp advice but money's a bit tight at the mo..unlike the bass I'm getting haha. Cheers

Thanks Dave I'll keep the 5s then and upgrade the amp when I can afford a better one (I'll be back :) ) and enjoy what I have for now. Learned a lot from this thread. Many thanks to all who chimed in.

Many thanks for all the advice I've got better perspective on this now and have more realistic expectations of the amp/speakers I have. I think the room would definitely benefit from bass traps but space is tight. I may try the bungs. May upgrade to a better amp in the future but that's a way...

Thanks, not gonna add a sub then. Yh the room could probably do with some bass traps. May try that at some point as it does get a bit boomy. Moving around the room doesn't change the sound much though.

Thanks I'll look into this. Sounds like it could be a decent cheap solution. Is there any danger to the speaker by doing this?

I prefer my home setup by far over the car stereo. There is just the one aspect the car stereo wins for me and that's tighter and punchier. After listening to the same album on both systems it just highlighted the softer bass of the home setup and I came here looking for answers.

Some gear needs to be run at higher volumes to get the best out of. It may be yours is. Bass will always be more prominent with increase in volume. I'm noticing improvements even at lower volumes.

ok tried this again - last time I found it made the room a bit boomy so went back to source direct but this time I've just added a wee bit of bass. I have to say this is a nice improvement...gives it slight bit more punch without too much boom and warms the whole sound up. It's a much more...

I'm no expert - it just sounds punchier and more exciting and Yh higher volume definitely helps liven things up.

thanks for the suggestion. What effect does this have on the bass? More punchy less boomy? What material would you suggest using?

The alcoves are along the 5.5m wall and speakers are firing across the short distance. I realise they'd be better over the longer distance with some space behind the sitting position but there's just no other way to set the room up. I listen to quite a mixture of music. Rock, some jazz and...

Was quite a way off in my guesstimate. Just measured. It's 5.5x3.5m

its about 7m x 4.5m and slightly oddly shaped. The speakers sit in front of alcoves which probably doesn't help but there's no other way I can set the room up.

i don't understand why positioning makes such a big difference. What would you recommend I try?

Valuable info, thanks all for the replies. Good to know that adding a sub is not the answer. I guess the amp/speaker combo is not the best. One or the other has to change. Probably a more lively amp? I'll look into those recommendations. Thanks to all again for the help.