Lack of bass

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I have just moved into a new house and am finding that my system is producing very little bass. It seems like the bass drivers aren't doing much. I have checked them and they are working.
The front wall (the wall in front of the listener and behind the speakers) has floor to ceiling glass doors which cover the entire wall aside from a width of 1 foot on each end. There is also a window on the left wall about a foot from the front wall. I have read that speakers need room reinforcement to produce adequate bass. Is it possible that the lack of wall behind and to the side of the speakers is causing the problem?
BTW the speakers are B&W 802N and the front face of the speakers are 5 feet from the front wall. I had these speakers 5 feet from the front wall in the old house and had much more bass. However, the old room had a double brick construction and whist there was a window on the front wall it was no where near as big as the glass doors I have now.

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Topic - Lack of bass - amdan 04:42:10 08/01/10 (4)

RE: Lack of bass - hifi1959 13:17:58 12/02/12 (0)

RE: Lack of bass - David Aiken 14:10:19 08/01/10 (2)

RE: Lack of bass - amdan 03:21:35 08/02/10 (1)

RE: Lack of bass - David Aiken 13:09:03 08/02/10 (0)

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