That is surprising. maybe its the room or rest of the setup.
I had the Mission lx1 mk1 and the bass was punchy and strong.
guess what, i forgot to take the foam plugs out of the bass port of the LX 3 MK2
It did help a little, but not enough, the upper midrange,lower twweter had some sharpness
Guess what im using now !
There was a good offer on the lx 2 mk 1, not like i uk for under 100 pounds but for 155 euros or 130 pounds (including delivery both ways incase you wnat to return them), i wanted to try them again with my current set up (have just returned a pa amp, one of the better ones, do to a noisy fan so im waiting for a diffrent passive cooled amp).
Ones i got the them they surprised me, what amp i was using the first time i can't remember all i remember is the LX 2 mk 1 was lagging in the bass, and was a little bright, mabye i was using a Marantz PM8005, the LX 3 MK 2 was also serious lacking in the bass even with the foam plugs out.
I again forgot to take the foam plugs out of the LX 2 MK2, stil with the foam plugs in the speakers i had very good bass (very strange since i remeber them as thin and bright), no matter what class d amp or the power pa amp, i had bass alot of bass almost better than my mackie mr624 (now up for sale), theres not as much brightness as speakers llike B&W 600 series and dali oberon but a liveliness in the highs that doesn't make they borring like the Wharfedale diamond 220/225 (buy the 220 if you your are sensitive to teh highs,bright sounding speakers),theres a wide soundstange,bass and not fatiguing, what also surprised me was how loud they can be, the pa amp had a display with wattage indicator, at levels below 1 watt (peaks i noticed was 3 watt) it was not just loud but super loud.
What the h....
Avforums wrote in the review probably the best sub £200 stereo speaker that money can buy & Outstanding value
They are for shure and i wouldn't want a pair of LX 3 MK 2 over my LX 2 MK 1, mabye for the price you atleast at hififreaks.dk can get a pair for, they are the best pair of speaker for under 300 euros,250 pounds, better than dali zensor 1, oberon 1,dali spektor 1,argon alto 5,might be better than the q acoustcis 3010i, (the 3010i is surpose to be better than the 3020i) and for shure are better than the 3020 which to me is serious lacking bass and are super bright sharp,fatige to listen to like dali zensor 1, 3010i or 3030i is the way to go if you wnat q acoustiocs 3000 books´helf speakers, not the 3020 or the 3020i