I have often found that the easiest way to deal with bass is just not to
do
it at all! Small, sealed (infinite baffle) enclosures made with very
heavy
damped panels and a simple crossover using very high quality drive units
often sound fantastic (BBC monitor LS1 fans may now smile smugly) BUT
they
need vast amounts of amplifier power to produce any response below 100Hz
(and no - a subwoofer is not the answer)

Oh yes, it is! And BTW, those speakers can't *handle* vast amounts of
power, so you are stuck with no bass.
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Hi Stewart

I think you are actually agreeing with me in an argumentitive fashion... but
thats OK.
My point is that it is often best to sacrifice the bottom couple of octaves
and concentrate on getting the rest "right" - something which small IB
cabinets do very well.
Introduce a sub into the room and pass the sick bags.
The idea is to find a system which sounds good WITHOUT anoying the
neighbours. Having the big power amp on hand means that the amp will be
cruising but will still have an iron grip of the speaker hence the need for
powerfull amps in the real world (and yes I have used 8 watt single ends
into big efficient cabinets with good results - but still no bass and
limited volume)

David