Hi all!
My system at the minute is a Logitech squeezebox feeding FLAC via coax digital to a Cyrus DAC XP, X power and b&w CM1 speakers with Atlas hyper 2.0 speaker cable and missing link alaqeia interconnects. My listening room is the lounge which is about 4m by 4m square but very awkward as there is a door in each corner therefore positioning is difficult. So the speakers are about 2.5m apart and 10inches from the back wall. Unfortunately this is the only position they can be placed. My listening position is about 2.5m at the apex of the triangle (on the sofa!). With this setup the mids, treble and soundstage and imaging are superb. The problem is the bass. The CM 1s are rear ported with bungs supplied (full bung or half bung!). After a lot of removing and tweaking of bungs I have found that: no bungs=deep bass (but unnatural sounding) and boomy. Half bungs in both = not as deep bass, less boomy but still boomy and still a bit unnatural sounding. Full bungs in both = no boom but also obviously lacking in bass therefore sounding too thin. So at the moment I've got one speaker completely bunged and one half bunged which seems to give me enough bass to make it sound more balanced but also eliminating any boom. Thebpronlem now is the bass seems to come and go ie a moderately bassy bit sounds great but when it gets deeper it sort if disappears. Therefore I'm hankering after that lower octave without boom! I am using cheapo speaker stands (from R sounds) so I could get some better ones allowing me to reduce the boom with less bungage but am not entirely convinced it will aqchieve the desired effect. I am quietly hankering after some 805s's or some spendors but new speakers would be difficult to sneak past swmbo. Would a subwoofer help or is this just the limitations of the cm1s?
Cheers
Matt
ps why is it such a nightmare to view this site on an iPhone? Let alone post anything!
My system at the minute is a Logitech squeezebox feeding FLAC via coax digital to a Cyrus DAC XP, X power and b&w CM1 speakers with Atlas hyper 2.0 speaker cable and missing link alaqeia interconnects. My listening room is the lounge which is about 4m by 4m square but very awkward as there is a door in each corner therefore positioning is difficult. So the speakers are about 2.5m apart and 10inches from the back wall. Unfortunately this is the only position they can be placed. My listening position is about 2.5m at the apex of the triangle (on the sofa!). With this setup the mids, treble and soundstage and imaging are superb. The problem is the bass. The CM 1s are rear ported with bungs supplied (full bung or half bung!). After a lot of removing and tweaking of bungs I have found that: no bungs=deep bass (but unnatural sounding) and boomy. Half bungs in both = not as deep bass, less boomy but still boomy and still a bit unnatural sounding. Full bungs in both = no boom but also obviously lacking in bass therefore sounding too thin. So at the moment I've got one speaker completely bunged and one half bunged which seems to give me enough bass to make it sound more balanced but also eliminating any boom. Thebpronlem now is the bass seems to come and go ie a moderately bassy bit sounds great but when it gets deeper it sort if disappears. Therefore I'm hankering after that lower octave without boom! I am using cheapo speaker stands (from R sounds) so I could get some better ones allowing me to reduce the boom with less bungage but am not entirely convinced it will aqchieve the desired effect. I am quietly hankering after some 805s's or some spendors but new speakers would be difficult to sneak past swmbo. Would a subwoofer help or is this just the limitations of the cm1s?
Cheers
Matt
ps why is it such a nightmare to view this site on an iPhone? Let alone post anything!