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Hi -
I found a pair of Wharfedale W70s, one-owner, made in England (not the Hong Kong variety). I listened to them in a carpeted room, and thought they sounded good. In my tile-floored basement, however, they're a mixed bag. They sound pretty good when the recording has few instruments and is played at a low level, but when playing blues or rock at even low to moderately loud levels, I feel a pressure, almost a pain, in my ears. I don't hear any actual distortion or buzzing, but I assume that's what's causing the sensation in my ears. Before I crack open the backs of the cabinets, I was wondering -- do you think it would reduce the distortion to replace the speaker surrounds? Anything else I might do? I've played with the "treble control" knob on the cabinet's back, and that doesn't help much... Thanks for your advice!
Dave
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Tile rooms are a HUGE speaker problem. What you MAYBE hearing is a nasty reflection or "beaming" from the tweeters. The sound is bouncing off the floor and ceiling causing essentially an out of phase "blur" of sound. Try different speaker placement, treatments if you can, or worst case - different speakers.I had such a speaker problem I designed a set of 3 ways with just that problem in mind.
I would first check Crosover capacitors. It is cheap to fix if you can read the original values.
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