Speakers too Good for My Ears??

Posted by uncledemp (A) on November 20, 2010 at 07:54:38

Hello,

I have a pair of Vandersteen 2ce sigs. They seem very placement sensitive and my room is not ideal as it is open on one side. Also, the back of the room while divided by arches, extends into the dining room/foyer. So basically the room only has one functional corner.

Anyway, my Polk SDA's and Norman Labs sound fine and full on most sources once I have the placement dialed in. They do not have the detail of the Vandersteens.

Problem is, I find myself forever moving the Vandersteens around. Very solid on one album, thin/shrill on the next. Cd's sre more consistent regarding uniformity of sound.

Are 'better' speakers like the Vandersteens that much more analytical and expected to vary between playback material like I am explaining?

Any insight/advice would be appreciated.

Gary

(I had planned of just keeping one pair, but now I am questioning whether to keep the Vandersteens or one of the older, more forgiving pairs.)

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Topic - Speakers too Good for My Ears?? - uncledemp 07:54:38 11/20/10 (28)

RE: Speakers too Good for My Ears?? - niws 19:27:33 11/22/10 (1)

RE: Speakers too Good for My Ears?? - uncledemp 06:22:24 11/23/10 (0)

I agree with your interpretation - gd 08:41:26 11/21/10 (0)

Kinda the opposite - genungo 06:43:04 11/21/10 (2)

RE: Kinda the opposite - uncledemp 07:12:05 11/21/10 (1)

Try... - genungo 11:45:07 11/21/10 (0)

RE: Speakers too Good for My Ears?? - Frank 22:30:02 11/20/10 (1)

RE: Speakers too Good for My Ears?? - uncledemp 06:18:52 11/21/10 (0)

You're not crazy... - Atver 18:40:35 11/20/10 (1)

RE: You're not crazy... - uncledemp 20:30:34 11/20/10 (0)

RE: Speakers too Good for My Ears?? - das@soundstage.com 14:39:33 11/20/10 (1)

agree - BS64 03:47:35 11/21/10 (0)

Here is my setup - kavakidd 13:05:40 11/20/10 (6)

RE: Here is my setup - Daverz 18:58:43 11/21/10 (3)

Why? - kavakidd 19:18:10 11/21/10 (2)

Why, I oughta! - Daverz 11:40:47 11/22/10 (1)

Yeah - kavakidd 11:49:31 11/22/10 (0)

RE: Here is my setup - Bill the K 20:09:07 11/20/10 (1)

Excellent observation - kavakidd 22:36:02 11/20/10 (0)

Room experiments. - Al Sekela 11:47:34 11/20/10 (1)

RE: Room experiments. - uncledemp 12:10:28 11/20/10 (0)

Sumpin's wrong... suspect the source - Bill Way 10:46:56 11/20/10 (0)

RE: Speakers too Good for My Ears?? - Daverz 09:58:18 11/20/10 (0)

RE: Speakers too Good for My Ears?? - caspian@peak.org 09:09:13 11/20/10 (4)

RE: Speakers too Good for My Ears?? - uncledemp 09:16:51 11/20/10 (3)

What is the rest of your system? - plantsman 09:34:14 11/20/10 (2)

RE: What is the rest of your system? - uncledemp 09:36:02 11/20/10 (1)

Ortofon OM5E - plantsman 16:03:13 11/20/10 (0)

Speakers too Good for My Ears??

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