B&W 602s2 in the nearfield.

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I have a private office in an older building that has been remodeled. The walls are concrete or plaster and my room is 10 x 18. I do mostly computer work, but I also do some media transfers for the university. For these transfers I have assembled a nice little system in here with all of the usual audio and video inputs along with vinyl.
I just moved out my B&W 302s (which by the way imaged very very well and made a very satisfying system) and moved in a pair of 602s2 monitors that I had laying around the house after moving up to the Magnepan 3 series in the HT system.
The tweeters are really bright right now and I am looking for anyone that has set up 602's in the nearfield with good results. I go for imaging and tonal accuracy.
Right now the speakers are about 3 feet from inside to inside and about 4'4" from my chair with the axis aimed about two feet behind my head. The left speaker is about a foot from the left wall and the right is about 3 feet from the right wall. The face of the speaker is about 2 feet from the back wall.
Bass is good, the 302's were actaully good in here too.
Everything is good except the highs.
Here is the CD playback system that is going right now, please keep in mind that it is my third string system.
Carver SD/A 360 5 disc changer
Audioquest Jade interconnects
Pioneer VSX-403 reciever (stereo mode is about 65 wrms)
Cat 5 speaker cable (Will be replaced with Audioquest type 4 tonight)
B&W 602 S2 on B&W stands
Any ideas?

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Topic - B&W 602s2 in the nearfield. - DZE 12:27:13 09/24/01 (10)

Re: B&W 602s2 in the nearfield. - Teejay 21:02:05 09/25/01 (0)

Re: B&W 602s2 in the nearfield. - John K 18:18:30 09/24/01 (0)

I prefer the 302's to 602's - Scott Woebcke 16:31:55 09/24/01 (0)

Re: B&W 602s2 in the nearfield. - Bald Iggle 16:23:56 09/24/01 (0)

Re: B&W 602s2 in the nearfield. - redfly 14:02:27 09/24/01 (0)

Re: B&W 602s2 in the nearfield. - Magnetar 13:59:50 09/24/01 (4)

hang a single ply tissue over the tweeters<nt> - Al the Vegan 10:08:47 09/25/01 (3)

So thats what they mean when they say the highs are a little veiled! - DZE 11:13:39 09/25/01 (2)

Re: So what's it mean if highs are "crappy" ? NT - Bruce Righter 20:43:50 09/25/01 (1)

TP - Magnetar 07:29:50 09/26/01 (0)

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