RE: Any experience of smooth sounding XLRs

Posted by Rob_Jones (A) on August 4, 2014 at 11:57:02

In Reply to: RE: Any experience of smooth sounding XLRs posted by beppe61 on August 4, 2014 at 10:14:10:

A lightly furnished room isn't going to help with your problem, so add some damping in the form of rugs if you have a bare floor, a couple of indoor pot plants can work wonders too, as some heavy lined drapes. Stand in the middle of the room and clap your hands. If you hear a reverb from the clap coming immediately back off the walls you NEED to add some damping to the room. Your bass definition will improve and treble/imaging focus will also improve too.

Your system seems well balanced apart from the Monitor Audio Silver series speakers which are none too shy in the treble department, which I suspect is giving rise to the "harshness" you say. I doubt very much if a change of XLR cables is going to tame that and Klotz cables have a neutral balance to begin with so a Litz cable isn't going to be the answer you seek either.

Here is a cheap/easy answer; if you have the grilles fitted to the speakers, fold some tissue paper and tuck it in behind the grilles in front of the tweeters. Just one or two thicknesses is enough to calm a lively treble down. Not the ideal answer but it will prove a point.

Your long term answer I think is to audition other speakers that have a smoother top end.

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Topic - Any experience of smooth sounding XLRs - beppe61 06:09:04 07/31/14 (13)

RE: Any experience of smooth sounding XLRs - Rob_Jones 14:05:19 08/03/14 (12)

RE: Any experience of smooth sounding XLRs - beppe61 10:14:10 08/04/14 (11)

RE: Any experience of smooth sounding XLRs - Rob_Jones 11:57:02 08/04/14 (10)

RE: Any experience of smooth sounding XLRs - beppe61 22:53:29 08/04/14 (6)

RE: Any experience of smooth sounding XLRs - Rob_Jones 00:48:32 08/05/14 (5)

" fitting a damping resistor across the tweeter terminals " - beppe61 01:48:15 08/05/14 (4)

RE: " fitting a damping resistor across the tweeter terminals " - Rob_Jones 01:52:42 08/05/14 (3)

RE: " fitting a damping resistor across the tweeter terminals " - beppe61 05:47:57 08/05/14 (2)

RE: " fitting a damping resistor across the tweeter terminals " - Rob_Jones 09:02:58 08/05/14 (1)

RE: " fitting a damping resistor across the tweeter terminals " - beppe61 10:59:45 08/06/14 (0)

RE: Any experience of smooth sounding XLRs - loftarasa 12:11:00 08/04/14 (0)

RE: Any experience of smooth sounding XLRs - Rob_Jones 12:02:31 08/04/14 (1)

RE: Any experience of smooth sounding XLRs - rick_m 09:09:20 08/05/14 (0)

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RE: Any experience of smooth sounding XLRs - Rob_Jones 11:57:02 08/04/14 (10)

RE: Any experience of smooth sounding XLRs - beppe61 22:53:29 08/04/14 (6)

RE: Any experience of smooth sounding XLRs - Rob_Jones 00:48:32 08/05/14 (5)

" fitting a damping resistor across the tweeter terminals " - beppe61 01:48:15 08/05/14 (4)

RE: " fitting a damping resistor across the tweeter terminals " - Rob_Jones 01:52:42 08/05/14 (3)

RE: " fitting a damping resistor across the tweeter terminals " - beppe61 05:47:57 08/05/14 (2)

RE: " fitting a damping resistor across the tweeter terminals " - Rob_Jones 09:02:58 08/05/14 (1)

RE: " fitting a damping resistor across the tweeter terminals " - beppe61 10:59:45 08/06/14 (0)

RE: Any experience of smooth sounding XLRs - loftarasa 12:11:00 08/04/14 (0)

RE: Any experience of smooth sounding XLRs - Rob_Jones 12:02:31 08/04/14 (1)

RE: Any experience of smooth sounding XLRs - rick_m 09:09:20 08/05/14 (0)

RE: Any experience of smooth sounding XLRs

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