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Post Subject: Bass/midbass in my roomPosted by manisandher on: 12/4/2016
Hi miab, my room is approx. 6x5x4m, so although quite small by North American standards (not UK!), the ceiling is higher than that of most modern houses. This seems to play a big part in the LF performance of any speakers in this room. I currently have each Anima speaker sitting quite close to its respective corner of the room, as advised by the manufacturer. I sit approx 4m from the speaker wall (so 2m from the wall behind my head). Sitting any further back, the sound becomes increasingly bass-heavy.
It's clear that the bass falls off rapidly below 40Hz or so, even with the speakers positioned reasonably close to the corners. So I can understand why many owners would want to reinforce the lower-bass. But I'm totally OK with things as they are, as long as the HF is kept a little recessed to keep a sense of balance in the sound.
The only area that I feel I need to do a little work on is a slight prominence in the upper-bass/lower-mid. At the moment, the sound is a little 'thick' and heavy - lovely for a cello suite or something, but not ideal for vocals which tend to sound a bit too husky. I'm a bit worried that if I move the speakers further out from the corners, I might fix this issue, but then lose the general LF/HF balance. Interestingly, if I use one of the solid-state PP amps I have, this issue pretty much disappears, but at the massive expense of the overall sound getting destroyed. So it could be an issue with my current SET, though I have no idea what exact mechanism might be at play if it is. In any event, I have a new SET on order which I'm hoping might help.
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