EQ to help brightness of the 2.3's?

hifidigital
hifidigital Posts: 26
edited December 2006 in Vintage Speakers
I've been mainly using my 2.3's in a HT setup and have been listening to more 2 channel music recently. For HT, I'm satisifed with what I'm hearing, but for stereo music the speakers seem too bright. I don't have the cash to spend on replacing the (6) tweeters, so I was wondering if hooking up an EQ (which I already have) might help tone down the brightness?
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  • hoosier21
    hoosier21 Posts: 4,413
    edited December 2006
    that is one thing an EQ can do
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  • hifidigital
    hifidigital Posts: 26
    edited December 2006
    So, how should I hook it up to my Denon AVR-1905? Its a 2 channel EQ and I'm really only concerned with front l/r.

    http://www.denon.ca/hapdfs/avr1905mane.pdf
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  • Loud & Clear
    Loud & Clear Posts: 1,538
    edited December 2006
    What would be accomplished by buying just two replacement tweeters, and placing one into each speaker's uppermost tweeter bay? Then buying the other four, perhaps two at a time, at your leisure. Good idea? Bad idea?

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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
    edited December 2006
    i'm with the others.. replacing the tweeters will help. i'd do two at a time.. even it takes you a while to replace them all. it will help tame that nasty brightness better than an eq.

    what interconnects are you using? that will make a difference too..
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  • hifidigital
    hifidigital Posts: 26
    edited December 2006
    I'm not totally opposed to doing that, but I have an EQ that I figured I'd try first, and heck, its a free solution (if I can figure out how to get it hooked up).

    If that doesn't work out, I may take your advice and do them 1 pair at a time.
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  • schwarcw
    schwarcw Posts: 7,341
    edited December 2006
    It's been a long time since I hooked up an EQ, but I think the EQ is installed between your source (CDP or DVD) and the receiver. You may find the harshness comes from around the 13KHz range, tweek that down about a couple of dBs to suit your taste.
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