Hello macgouft,

Your system seems like a good combo, but I think that the S45.2 speakers can be a little thin sounding (not bad sounding), as they are "small" bookshelf speakers. I would recommend you to step up to Beovox S60 or S75. The two speakers are almost identical, the S75 being in a deeper enclosure. I have used S60's and S75's (having a system with S75's and a Beomaster 4400), and would recommend to replace the capacitors in them as they will open up a lot more. Generally, less power is required to play at reasonable levels and it would sound like a blanket is removed from the speaker, I was more than surprised when I did my recap of the S75's 🙂

Søren Hammer wrote:

and would recommend to replace the capacitors in them as they will open up a lot more. Generally, less power is required to play at reasonable levels and it would sound like a blanket is removed from the speaker, I was more than surprised when I did my recap of the S75's 🙂

I think you should be cautious suggesting a capacitor replacement will liven things up Soren - when I replaced the caps in my S-120's I didn't notice an immeadiate difference. When I finally got a decent ESR meter (Peak) a short while ago it confirmed the old ones were in perfect condition with a very low esr and capacitance that was spot on!

Oh, I forgot to mention that the state of capacitors can vary a lot, which comes down to storage environment and how often they have been put through their paces.

I hope you have experimented with placement.  Generally speaking, moving loudspeakers toward room boundaries (wall, floor) will reinforce bass.  I have one of my S45-2s right in a corner and the other almost backed to the wall.  I am very happy with the bass response (and I also have M70s with 10" woofers).

Without going into any physics or anything, the room itself matters as well.  Use your Google Fu.