csi40 a touch bright

AdamRagland
AdamRagland Posts: 521
edited March 2008 in Speakers
you can see my setup in my sig but the question i have is whats the best way for me to warm up my center just a touch? it had a fairly calm warm sound before which i wanted to brighten it up just a little. i now have it amped with a adcom gfa555 bridged so its eating up 600watts right now. it has also brightened it up to where its a little too bright. "s" sounds from vocals are very sharp. sometimes it makes me blink if its at a pretty high volume. should i try a diffrent cable to tone it down a bit or what do you guys think?
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  • AdamRagland
    AdamRagland Posts: 521
    edited March 2008
    btw im just using an acoustic research IC with some 12g monster speaker wire
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  • WilliamM2
    WilliamM2 Posts: 4,782
    edited March 2008
    Have you tried running the Adcom not bridged? Or you could put one cahannel each on the lows and highs.
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  • skykeys
    skykeys Posts: 102
    edited March 2008
    AdamRagland wrote: »
    . . . should i try a diffrent cable to tone it down a bit or what do you guys think?

    Hello Adam,

    I don't claim to be an expert per say, but I've been around the block a few times. I am a musician and have played in bands for many years and know many audio professionals, so I will claim some knowledge. :)

    I would not diminish sound quality by using a (supposedly) inferior cable. If you are wedded to use that 600 watts (yikes!) for your center speaker, I would look into a good EQ, minimum 10 bands, preferably more. Use the EQ to reduce (some of the) high-frequency bands, and don't use the EQ to boost any. It wouldn't take much of a tweak to get the sound you're happy with, and you'll probably have fun playing with the EQ.

    Regards.
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  • Poee7R
    Poee7R Posts: 904
    edited March 2008
    WilliamM2 wrote: »
    Or you could put one cahannel each on the lows and highs.

    This is exactly what I do.

    I dont know if your center has terminal's for the mids and highs seperately, but if so I would give it a try vs bridging the amp.


    Dave
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  • AdamRagland
    AdamRagland Posts: 521
    edited March 2008
    yea it does. i just didnt have a ysplitter for the preout so i biwired from one bridged channel. but your saying go one channel for lows and one for highs? yea i know the acoustic research isnt amazing but i didnt want to invest in some more interconnects untill i decided if i wanted to find some with a warmer sound. i am running signal cable analog II for my mains. maybe thatll do the trick. i'm not so certain i need to go to any external eq yet but thanks for the help guys!
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  • Poee7R
    Poee7R Posts: 904
    edited March 2008
    Yep, just get a Y-splitter and split at the input of the amp so you dont have to buy another IC.

    I dont know about anyone else that may have tryed this, but i found that i had more headroom for dynamics with the big boom's and loud passage's this way.

    Dave
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