Love my 2 channel Lsi9 system but...

ctrulock
ctrulock Posts: 73
edited July 2009 in Speakers
Frankly driving them with a Krell pre/amp I can not play alot of poorly recorded cd's (sounds really bad). I am actually thinking about wiring some lesser speakers up to play not so great recordings (Newer pop mostly). Any suggestions of good polks to get? I was thinking maybe JBL L100's or something along that line. But the L100's are very rare. I would prefer polks. Any sugestions would be great. P.S. I want good speakers that "hide" bad recordings better.
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  • BlueFox
    BlueFox Posts: 15,251
    edited July 2009
    I’m not sure I understand your logic. Are you saying the sound needs to be degraded in order to make poor recordings sound better? If so I guess that is one approach.

    Perhaps the problem is your DAC? Are you using a CD player, or a transport and an external DAC?
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  • ctrulock
    ctrulock Posts: 73
    edited July 2009
    Idk it is that some recordings just sound wonderful and frankly some sound like ****. But if I play the same cd's in my car they all sound the same more or less. I thought it might be that the lsi9's are just way more detailed and clear then some other speakers that might be more colored.
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  • Airplay355
    Airplay355 Posts: 4,298
    edited July 2009
    I don't think that placing a separate pair of lesser quality speakers next to your Lsi is the answer. It seems to me you are comparing the sound of a good recording with the sounds of a **** recording so unless you plan on playing everything on the lesser speakers you'll still hear the good recordings as good and the **** ones as ****, just a different non lsi ****.

    Having one pair of lower quality speakers, like in a car will make everything equally **** and thus less obvious because there's nothing to use as a comparison.

    Can you think of any specific songs/artists?
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  • ctrulock
    ctrulock Posts: 73
    edited July 2009
    Now that I have thought it over yall are right. Guess I am at the mercy of the recording engineer!
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,841
    edited July 2009
    What Krell gear are you using, what CDP are you using and what cables? A great source and a carefully tuned system can make those bad recordings listenable and make the good recordings even better.
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