just not happy with stereo

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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,565
    edited November 2009
    am i just coloring matthew polks genius with tinny paper 2-way speakers

    Yes.
    Political Correctness'.........defined

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  • treitz3
    treitz3 Posts: 19,033
    edited November 2009
    wayne3burk wrote: »
    I find that if i use a vintage pair of 2-Way bookshelf speakers on top of my 1Cs that i get a more richer mids and crisper highs - especially nice when i'm listening to 60s Jazz and post WWII big band Albums.
    Wayne, that is the absolute worst thing you can do to a pair of SDA's. 2 pair of speakers are never a good idea for 2 channel audio. I have been down that path and you will never get the lobing issue solved. Yes, you might be able to get the frequencies you desire but the image smearing will always remain. The only way to rid yourself of lobing is to go back to one set of speakers. Besides, you are killing the magic that SDA's offer by pairing them with another speaker.

    Let me ask you this.....when you listen to music, are you off axis or sitting in the sweet spot with the SDA's properly positioned?
    ~ In search of accurate reproduction of music. Real sound is my reference and while perfection may not be attainable? If I chase it, I might just catch excellence. ~
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  • wayne3burk
    wayne3burk Posts: 939
    edited November 2009
    Treitz3, thanks for the good info - now I know what lobing is, and i'm sure my placement is a bit awkward and my space in my home office / den / spare bedroom is somewhat limited:

    i have my 1Cs against the wall against the corner in on a wall that is about 10.5 ft. across, and i'm sitting at my keyboard right now about 3 and half feet from the same wall -- guess that puts me to far forward as well as generating too much bass sonically by way of placement of speakers too near the wall and corner...

    p.s... someone give me a link for SDA Caps and Resistor upgrades (please)

    thanks in advance
    Yamaha RX-V2700, EMI 711As (front), RCA K-16 (rear), Magnavox Console (Center & TV Stand), Sony SMP-N200 media streamer, Dual 1249 TT =--- Sharp Aquas 60" LCD tellie
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,565
    edited November 2009
    Wayne, no offense meant, but with that room set up you'll never get what the SDA's are capable of, crossover mods or not. I would suggest getting some nearfield monitors.
    Political Correctness'.........defined

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  • wayne3burk
    wayne3burk Posts: 939
    edited November 2009
    no offense taken... thanks
    Yamaha RX-V2700, EMI 711As (front), RCA K-16 (rear), Magnavox Console (Center & TV Stand), Sony SMP-N200 media streamer, Dual 1249 TT =--- Sharp Aquas 60" LCD tellie
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  • treitz3
    treitz3 Posts: 19,033
    edited November 2009
    Ouch man, F1's correct. You need a bigger room or monitors. Have you ever seen how a pair of SDA's are supposed to be properly set up?
    ~ In search of accurate reproduction of music. Real sound is my reference and while perfection may not be attainable? If I chase it, I might just catch excellence. ~
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  • wayne3burk
    wayne3burk Posts: 939
    edited November 2009
    I havent read the manual in xteen years -- but if i remember correctly they should be no closer than 10 inches from the wall and at least 2 or 3 feet from the corners of the room and at least X [(6? 8? 10?) the distance from the plane where the listener is seated] feet apart-- and yes i should move them to the family room and set them up correctly. I think i'll make that my christmas present to myself :)
    Yamaha RX-V2700, EMI 711As (front), RCA K-16 (rear), Magnavox Console (Center & TV Stand), Sony SMP-N200 media streamer, Dual 1249 TT =--- Sharp Aquas 60" LCD tellie
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,565
    edited November 2009
    The distance from the back wall will vary, but no closer than 10 inches is wrong. I have mine at 6 inches. They should be no closer than 3 feet from any side wall and a minimum of 6 feet apart with no toe-in.
    Political Correctness'.........defined

    "A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."

    President of Club Polk

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  • wayne3burk
    wayne3burk Posts: 939
    edited November 2009
    Thanks again
    Yamaha RX-V2700, EMI 711As (front), RCA K-16 (rear), Magnavox Console (Center & TV Stand), Sony SMP-N200 media streamer, Dual 1249 TT =--- Sharp Aquas 60" LCD tellie
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,804
    edited November 2009
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  • wayne3burk
    wayne3burk Posts: 939
    edited November 2009
    nice magnavox 6v6 ??? are you using it for anything?
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,804
    edited November 2009
    It's not mine although I did some work on it.
    Someone was talking about Maggotbox stuff earlier in this thread, but I couldn't find the link at the time -- I know that this is vitally important to all who've posted in this thread! :-P

    It is indeed a nice amp; surprisingly so. I have one of the EL84 variants in semi-regular use in the basement.
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  • Hillbilly61
    Hillbilly61 Posts: 702
    edited December 2009
    I have to give CV their due.

    If it were not for my roommate in college having them over 25 years ago, I would not have been introduced to fine stereo reproduction. Yea, they are loud assed speakers (very efficient sound level reproduction, verses wattage put in), but without having been introduced to them, I would not have evolved into wanting to obtain better fidelity that my polks have.

    So a proverbial "tip of the hat" concerning CV speakers!
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