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Re: Martin Logan Quest Z speakers: balancing the woofer? Suggestions?

I was just having the same type of problem with my Mirage M3si. I was lent a smaller solid state pwr amp for a few weeks (my own amp is OOC) and the amp has only one set of speaker posts per side. I usually use dual runs of Straightwire Maestro II, but the amp terminals would not hold both sets. So I had to use my home theater single run of Analysis Plus Oval 12 with matching Oval 12 jumpers. By the way, I run the speaker cable to the mid/high speaker terminal and use the jumpers to the low input.

The sound, though nice and pretty smooth, was disjointed. The bass was predictably less controlled, but was also way too heavy or thick and way off from the mids and treble. I replaced the sigle run Oval 12 with a single run of Maestro and it was quite a bit better. However the bass, while cleaner and better defined than before, was still somewhat disjointed, sounding like it was coming from different speakers or something. I replaced the Oval 12 jumpers (going to the low input) with the original stock jumpers that came with the speakers. While this is not ideal (lacking bass power and definition), the sound is now cohesive and balanced.

In other words, the speaker wires and jumpers have a profound effect upon the proper integration of the woofer into the overall sonic fabric from the speakers, at least in my system.


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