Looking for new speakers for my base station. I am currently running a set of 25 year old altec lansengs, they are dying. i love the bass response and the loudness. i would like to replace them with more bass and loudness, no blue tooth, just an analog connection.
any recommendations?
thanks.
This may not be what you are looking for but I have my computer connected to my stereo with speakers on my desk. It can get loud and punchy if I want it to, or of the music calls for it.
Budget, ideal dimensions, and when you say analog you mean plain non powered speakers? What amp are you using to drive them?
Given you didnāt leave model numbers and setup Iāll guess youāre talking normal computer speakers.
I bought my room mate a set of Logitech Z333s. Their website no longer shows the model so Iām guessing discontinued and a pointless mentionā¦however.
If you did find a set I think they sound good, for computer speakers that is. Iām an audio engineer. I sit in front of engineering monitors all day and those impressed me so long as you donāt get stupid with the sub. That said I like flat so something that impresses me might be trash to someone who is used to that consumer artificial bass.
I have an old Logitech G5.1 system & a Soundblaster Z, but I replaced the front stereo pair with MICCA speakers and the center channel is a 3D printed speaker of my own design with Dayton Audio drivers.
The 3D printed speaker sounds excellent.
I copied my highly rated MICCA MB42x speakers by Amazon for size and shape.
The MB42x speakers with the - āxā sound better because they have a crossover.
The MB42 has no crossover.
I bought un-powered speakers, but they make the same speakers with an amp. PB42x = $159.99
Before I bought them I found a few reviews from Audiophile sites. I even found Graphic EQ profiles to ensure a flat response.
I have had the logitech Z623 2.1 speakers for 13-14 years now and been really happy. You can still buy them afaik.
I have a pair of klipsch r-14pm speakers. Great sound and if I need to I can always ad a bass to it with ease.
Closest thing they offer today is:
Can vouch for Micca that @positroned mentioned. Youāll need an amp, but they punch way above their weight and size. Use one of their center channel X designs for my home theater.
If you want something more āintegratedā, check out Kantoās lineup.
Yamaha HS 7ās and if they do not bass enough, add the Yamaha HS 8S.
@MazeFrame Two things. First is iirc my Dad had a pair of those Yamaha in his studio and they sounded mushyā¦but heās a shit engineer (heās just a guitar player that dabbles) so it could have been his mix/room setup. Take that with a grain of saltā¦but given anything in text is subject to experience and personal preference everything here is salty. 
Second thing is we still donāt know OPās setup. Meaning if heās looking for bookshelves for living room use or computer speakers. What inputs/outputs he needs (RCA|XLR|8.mm) or anything really. Weāre all flying blind heh. Iām normally only OK with subs on computer/consumer setups. However my preference may have a titch of relevance to the OPās bass requests.
Normally a subās cross over should be low enough you canāt really locate the source of the sound but Iāve found having it come right at you is better for a few use cases. First, depending on genre there is a lot of EDM stuff that uses chorus and flange on a subbass line with stereo separation for effect. Sure you can devils advocate about the stereo image being all the highest bits but this depends on the cross over and how insane things are heh. You lose a lot of that feeling with a sub.
Next is the psychological aspect. Iāve had a number of times someone in my control room giving me the āItās missing somethingā BS. Push the faders up, they feel the lows pushing air at their faceā¦all the sudden itās perfect. YEAH YEAH THATāS IT! so OP might want to take that into account.
As a bonus Iād rather have to worry about room reflection issues from 2 sources rather than 3ā¦and the fact you need more space for that .1 bit.
This sums up the entire thread, yes.
We can get into the weeds of setting up speaker management systems all we want, does not change this one point.
y0 man itās like flying for real these days! Whatās that game the FAA likes to play? Russian 747? Cessna Roulette?
If thereās a hi-fi store near you, tell the owner your budget and ask him to help you build something.
thank you for all the replies. Yeah I am thinking going the stereo amp route. I have some great stereo speakers . Just need an amp that can power them.
thank you very much.
For objective, non-audiofoolery reviews of speakers, amps, DACs and such check out Audio Science Review.
Beware though, itās a deep rabbit hole to fall into. Youāll end up with a measurement microphone and REW (Room Equalisation Wizard) in no time. 
(As well as a bunch of reasonably priced, well measuring ā transparent ā DACs and amps. 
)
I canāt agree with recommending ASR, since he has been outed several times over the years. I donāt have the sources at hand right now, but I remember someone pointing out that he couldnāt even configure his ~$20,000 audio spectrum analyzer properly.
I also remember reading that he would have temper-tantrums over not reviewing products since āthey didnāt test well.ā He admitted to not even listening to some speakers/amps/DACs when testing them!
Are you talking like a [simple] 2.0 pkg?
2.1 package the setup I have is an active Altec Lanseng from 25 years ago. it is starting to die. Really want some punch.
So youāre still wanting, to keep that form factor, for the replacement? [2.1]
Yes a 2.1 setup. that works fine. I have been out of the loop for a while. I know I have a set of klipsch Forteās from 1989. they are stilll kicking.
that might be a bit overkill.
But in all seriousness Something with lots of punch Low frequency I find very relaxing.
If I can hook it up to my audio out on my computer and then it is active . that would be amazing.