Hello all,
I’ve recently written a couple of threads about brightness in my system and have replaced my amp (CA 640a V2 with a Marantz PM6003) and also now my speakers (Wharfedale 9.1s with Mission 751’s) in an effort rid myself of this problem.
The 751’s I tested for the first time last night. Upon opening the box they where in, I was pleased to see that they where well packaged and had little chance to move about. There where a few more chips and scratches than the seller mentioned in the ebay listing and alarmingly a fine scratch on one of the woofers, the other blemishes are acceptable and probably commensurate considering a minimum age of 10+ years. I was in hurry to get them going and see if I had been swindled, in order to test the woofers and tweeters individually I went to a website that plays discrete tone frequencies from 20hz to 22khz and gave both speakers a good workout with no problem found (big relief!).
And on went some music….. Listening to Nirvana’s MTV Unplugged in New York – Something in the way, I could hear a difference immediately over the 9.1s, but I’ll have to admit (my none audiophile ears) couldn’t take the improvement in all at once and I needed a couple of hours of going through my collection to appreciate the step up. These speakers have given depth and texture to both voices and instruments, the rhythm and timing of them had me foot tapping, but for me the aspect that has pleased most is the bass, it’s tight and is delivered with punch. I was a little pessimistic about the frequency response of these being stated at 70hz up, but upon testing with the website mentioned above I’ve discovered they go down to 50hz with strength and no discernable roll off.
I paid £80 for these speakers and it feels like not much at all compared to the performance of them. And so I’d like to thank mathewpiano & The Record Spot for pointing me towards them – mucho thanks!
Did they cure my brightness problem? No, they didn’t, but they’ve definitely helped and took the edge off it and they’re staying!
I’m sure I have a bright amp and I also think the Asus Xonar soundcard is not helping my cause and so a new amp (again) will probably be next, I’m looking for something warmish/neutral with guts and a decent soundstage. Me thinks maybe a Nad C350 or something similar for about £150 - £400?
Thanks for reading
I’ve recently written a couple of threads about brightness in my system and have replaced my amp (CA 640a V2 with a Marantz PM6003) and also now my speakers (Wharfedale 9.1s with Mission 751’s) in an effort rid myself of this problem.
The 751’s I tested for the first time last night. Upon opening the box they where in, I was pleased to see that they where well packaged and had little chance to move about. There where a few more chips and scratches than the seller mentioned in the ebay listing and alarmingly a fine scratch on one of the woofers, the other blemishes are acceptable and probably commensurate considering a minimum age of 10+ years. I was in hurry to get them going and see if I had been swindled, in order to test the woofers and tweeters individually I went to a website that plays discrete tone frequencies from 20hz to 22khz and gave both speakers a good workout with no problem found (big relief!).
And on went some music….. Listening to Nirvana’s MTV Unplugged in New York – Something in the way, I could hear a difference immediately over the 9.1s, but I’ll have to admit (my none audiophile ears) couldn’t take the improvement in all at once and I needed a couple of hours of going through my collection to appreciate the step up. These speakers have given depth and texture to both voices and instruments, the rhythm and timing of them had me foot tapping, but for me the aspect that has pleased most is the bass, it’s tight and is delivered with punch. I was a little pessimistic about the frequency response of these being stated at 70hz up, but upon testing with the website mentioned above I’ve discovered they go down to 50hz with strength and no discernable roll off.
I paid £80 for these speakers and it feels like not much at all compared to the performance of them. And so I’d like to thank mathewpiano & The Record Spot for pointing me towards them – mucho thanks!
Did they cure my brightness problem? No, they didn’t, but they’ve definitely helped and took the edge off it and they’re staying!
I’m sure I have a bright amp and I also think the Asus Xonar soundcard is not helping my cause and so a new amp (again) will probably be next, I’m looking for something warmish/neutral with guts and a decent soundstage. Me thinks maybe a Nad C350 or something similar for about £150 - £400?
Thanks for reading