Hi All,
I am looking for some suggestions/tips in regards in how to rectify a problem I have with speaker positioning.
I recently upgraded my speakers, and failed to pick up (Stoopid me) that there was a significant difference between the 2 speakers. Both are floorstanders, however the old speaker a Whatmough P31 is front ported, whilst the new speaker a Whatmough 303 signature is rear ported. I am forced by the fact that I live in an apartment to keep the speaker about 30-50cm away from the wall.
On some tracks the bass has become really loose and boomy (becasue of the rear port I assume). Apart from moving the speakers out from the wall, does anyone have any suggestions on how to improve the sound by removing the boomy bass.
So far some improvements have been made by;
1. Switching the cables between the woofers and tweeter binding posts (bi wired with different cables)
2. Adding spikes to the base
3. Adding spikes to the front of the base only so the speakers are tilted upwards a little.
I think part of the problem is the Amp I am currently using. Normally I use a Krell KSA-100S but this is in for a service and I am using an Acurus 3X100 amp. Does anyone have experience with this amp, it seems to have really sloppy bass ( i noticed on my other speakers to a limited extent when I switched from the Krell).
Suggestions please.
Details on the speaker can be found on this page.
Thanks in advance
I am looking for some suggestions/tips in regards in how to rectify a problem I have with speaker positioning.
I recently upgraded my speakers, and failed to pick up (Stoopid me) that there was a significant difference between the 2 speakers. Both are floorstanders, however the old speaker a Whatmough P31 is front ported, whilst the new speaker a Whatmough 303 signature is rear ported. I am forced by the fact that I live in an apartment to keep the speaker about 30-50cm away from the wall.
On some tracks the bass has become really loose and boomy (becasue of the rear port I assume). Apart from moving the speakers out from the wall, does anyone have any suggestions on how to improve the sound by removing the boomy bass.
So far some improvements have been made by;
1. Switching the cables between the woofers and tweeter binding posts (bi wired with different cables)
2. Adding spikes to the base
3. Adding spikes to the front of the base only so the speakers are tilted upwards a little.
I think part of the problem is the Amp I am currently using. Normally I use a Krell KSA-100S but this is in for a service and I am using an Acurus 3X100 amp. Does anyone have experience with this amp, it seems to have really sloppy bass ( i noticed on my other speakers to a limited extent when I switched from the Krell).
Suggestions please.
Details on the speaker can be found on this page.
Thanks in advance
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