hi mikee. that was my observation too with a power amp and my computer sound card driving it. great transparency at the expense of bass.
sad to read that you are sticking with 2 channel. that's not so bad .
if you're gung ho on getting into home theater, try getting one of electrohaus's receivers. something that has a pre out so you can use your power amp for the lsi 9.
do you have a tv na ?
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Well I take it you are using a decent sound card like an Asus Xonar, Auzen, Creative X-Fi, Onkyo, Turtlebeach
If so, you can control the bass output to your liking via the soundcard's control panel
If we are talking about the HP / Line out from the motherboard, you may want to use the X-Fi hack for realtek HD codecs if you want to control the bass.
You may also try going to the realtek sound manager on the control panel on windows 7 so you can tweak the equalizer so you can get better bass / treble response.
Well, The HT can wait. I've already factored in that the AVR i'll get MUST HAVE preamp outputs, although the LSi9 will still be for pure audio so there..
I dont have a TV per se, I do have a 24" 1920x1200 monitor though.