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In Reply to: RE: Triangle Titus 202 posted by Presto on March 03, 2015 at 09:42:21
Not quite sure I understand all your points (especially going on 1 am), but the Titus is rather efficient (90dB/W/m? I don't know), the 'mid/woofer' runs with no crossover at all, and the tweeter has only a high pass filter on it (kicks in around 6kHz or so). Some reviewers ('Sam Tellig' at Stereophile) say the lack of a complex crossover makes it more low-powered (tube) amp friendly.
I don't know about that technically, but I use 8W SETs with no volume issues. Maybe using tubes is the answer for the OP (I've used SS as I said, with no problems though). Maybe the OP and others who find the speaker bright are just more sensitive to something than I am, no harm no foul, the speaker just isn't your cup of tea.
The impedance curve on these is actually really benign - the usual humps for the bass alignment, but it's basically 4 ohms minimum with a rise to about 10-12 ohms at ... I can't remember, somewhere in the treble, then back to 4 ohms thru 20kHz. I lost the graphs I had due to an HD problem, they're out there somewhere tho. Not many other measurements I've seen ... but everything I've see shows it to be not a strain on the amplifier.
I use mine about 7' out into the room, listening in the nearfield, about a 6' equilateral triangle and I think they sound great (with a sub coming in at ~50Hz). YMMV of course.
Follow Ups:
Rick:
The woofer ran "flat-out" with no eq would confirm there is no baffle step compensation. This is often a reason for smaller 2-ways to sound "lean" (a term for low end), but I am not sure this would necessarily make the voicing "bright" (a term for upper mid/treble).
The trouble with baffle step compensation on a speaker with a single midbass driver is you take a chunk out of the speakers top end to provide the "net" low end boost for the BSC.
In this case, if that 5.5 incher is just rolling off naturally, it might sound lean. Like I said, measurements (correct ones) would need to be done to confirm this.
Or, just a quick listening test! ;)
Cheers,
Presto
Ah, OK. Yes, certainly there is no BSC in this speaker. I don't find it lean sounding but maybe I don't know what that sounds like (or am just used to it ... I've had these for a LONG time!).
I somewhat recently added in a KRK ERGO 'room correction' device - it's EQ/correction is pretty mild, limited to +/-4dB, but it seems to have tightened up the bass response (and brought out more detailed bass) and generally things sound even better than before.
I don't know how much the OP is willing to experiment (with tubes?) or if it's just not worth it to him. I do know of several very happy Titus/Triangle owners out there so I believe the speakers are not inherently 'bad' sounding.
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