I recently built my first pair of diy speakers, Jim and Curt's Finalists Mids and highs seem great (to an untrained novice ear), but after all the comments I've seen about the great low-end, I'm wondering if I might have messed up in the build, or it's something to do with my gear, room, placement, etc... I brought one speaker into my local audio shop and a really knowledgeable guy felt they were lacking in low end as well...so perhaps its something I can tweak on the speaker.
Just trying to get an idea of options. I'm overall really happy with the speakers and appreciate the design work from Jim and Curt It's been a really fun project so far!
- Anything I should check as far as build mistakes that might diminish the bass?
- Crossover tweaks? Can be found here - http://speakerdesignworks.com/Finalists_4.html
- My room is really small - I've found corner loading them definitely helps the bass some but hurts sound stage with how close they are to walls - but it's my best option so far. I'm sitting as far away as i can get at about 4 feet : /
- Could different woofers have any effect? If so are there any that swap easily with RS-225?
- For electronics I'm using an Adcom GFA-555 amp - 200watts per channel. Pre-amp I recently tried Adcom GTP-400 preamp (with the bass knob cranked or the Contour button pressed has a LOT more bass, but the mids and highs were a bit thin so I kept looking) other preamps don't have bass controls, or don't seem to improve bass enough.
Just trying to get an idea of options. I'm overall really happy with the speakers and appreciate the design work from Jim and Curt It's been a really fun project so far!
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