Speaker help needed

rbedrock
rbedrock Posts: 4
edited March 2006 in Speakers
I recently purchased some monitor 40's and a CS1 center channel speaker. I am happy with the speakers for the most part except the vocals (movies and music) seem to have a hiss to them. I notice this mostly with words with an S in them and also in womens' voices. Is this what I should expect from this line of speakers as they are Polk's lower end? I read somewhere that different receivers can have different effects on the same speaker's tonal quality. I do not know if this is true or not. My receiver is a Pioneer VSX-815 and I have tried changing the EQ settings through the receiver but this did not help. Any suggestions would be helpful. I am on a budget so investing in more expensive speakers is not an option. I would be willing to upgrade to a different receiver but $600-700 would probably be my limit. Thanks.
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  • *Seby*-Polk-
    *Seby*-Polk- Posts: 375
    edited March 2006
    Hi Rbed !!!! Welcome :)

    Respect your thread...i tell you something...

    I listen for hours..days...a complete set of Monitor 50, Monitor 30, CS1, PSW10 (my future system) with a Yamaha RX-V657 and RX-V2600. The performace of thats receivers with CS1 is AWESOME. I can listen every dialog and effects with the best possible quality for the price. Clean, crystal clear and loud sound (i hear things that i never heard before).

    I think your problem is the receiver. Pioneer (except Elite line) has inferior quality than, for example, Yamaha or Denon AV'r. Obviously IMHO and to my ears.

    Try to change your receiver in the future and test other brands like Denon or Yamaha ......;)
    My current new system (step by step :D)

    A/V Receiver: YAMAHA RX-V657
    DVD Player: YAMAHA DVD-S657
    Main Towers: polkaudio® Monitor 50
    Wiring: NeoTecH KS1007 OFC High Definition Speaker Cable ( 2 x 2.64 mm² )
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  • shack
    shack Posts: 11,154
    edited March 2006
    What you are experiencing is Sibilance - Energy from a voice centered around 7 kHz caused by pronouncing "s", "sh" or "ch" sounds. Sometimes different interconnects or different speaker cables will help tame the sibilance. Before I got rid of the reciever would experiment with different cables and possibly a different source (DVD player, CD Player). In my experience excessive sibilance is caused by a combination of things and sometimes changing just one fixes it. Rarely is the amplification or speakers the problem.
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  • millerman 3732
    millerman 3732 Posts: 1,488
    edited March 2006
    what kind of E-Q settings does your pioneer have?
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