Hello All,
I have a Cambridge Audio 640a V2 connected to my Wharfedale 9.1s with 12 awg pure ofc copper cable, I feed this setup from my PC that has an Asus Xonar D1 card (with a high spec dac), I connect to the amp with an Ixos shielded interconnect. I play mostly 320k lame ripped mp3’s with the sound card in pass through mode with no processing and my amp in direct mode.
My problem is that I’m finding the sound too bright/too much sparkle and suffering from listening fatigue. I’m currently blaming the speakers (after considering buying a dac or changing the speaker cables or new sound card etc) for this brightness and also I find the bass not as precise as it could be and sometimes a little boomy.
Am I correct about these speakers being a bit bright and the bass a bit flabby? Is my amp better than these speakers? I’m after a more natural sound.
I’ve read a few reviews and considering how much I’m prepared to damage my wallet I’ve come up with a few possibilities.
Mordaunt Short Aviano 1
Mordaunt Short Aviano 1XR
Monitor Audio BX2
Dali Lektor 2
I haven’t included the Wharfedale 10.1s (as they’re suppose to be fairly similar to the 9.1s) and £250 is about as much as I want to pay.
I’d be interested in anyone’s thoughts on these or any other speakers paired with my amp (maybe I’m wrong and my speakers a fine?).
Thanks all,
AzurBob(
I have a Cambridge Audio 640a V2 connected to my Wharfedale 9.1s with 12 awg pure ofc copper cable, I feed this setup from my PC that has an Asus Xonar D1 card (with a high spec dac), I connect to the amp with an Ixos shielded interconnect. I play mostly 320k lame ripped mp3’s with the sound card in pass through mode with no processing and my amp in direct mode.
My problem is that I’m finding the sound too bright/too much sparkle and suffering from listening fatigue. I’m currently blaming the speakers (after considering buying a dac or changing the speaker cables or new sound card etc) for this brightness and also I find the bass not as precise as it could be and sometimes a little boomy.
Am I correct about these speakers being a bit bright and the bass a bit flabby? Is my amp better than these speakers? I’m after a more natural sound.
I’ve read a few reviews and considering how much I’m prepared to damage my wallet I’ve come up with a few possibilities.
Mordaunt Short Aviano 1
Mordaunt Short Aviano 1XR
Monitor Audio BX2
Dali Lektor 2
I haven’t included the Wharfedale 10.1s (as they’re suppose to be fairly similar to the 9.1s) and £250 is about as much as I want to pay.
I’d be interested in anyone’s thoughts on these or any other speakers paired with my amp (maybe I’m wrong and my speakers a fine?).
Thanks all,
AzurBob(