Update, Shahinian Compass positioning and the joys of a new listening room
Posted by: Top Cat on 04 May 2002
Hi folks.
After one heck of a fortnight whilst I decanted my earthly possessions and entrusted them with a local removals firm (save for my hifi, cameras and laptop), I am finally in an empty house. In a week or so it will be gutted, new ceilings, redecoration, oak hardwood flooring installed prior to sale. ANyway, I digress.
I am now moving to the wife-to-be's flat, and will be there for the best part of a year or so whilst we (a) get married, (b) sell my house, (c) etc. etc. Eventually we will buy a house needing work and renovate, but that's a way away, so for now I have a new listening environment, unknown speakers (my Neats are now packed into storage, along with their funky Mana stands, so I will have to use the Shahinian Compasses for the next while.
Nice speakers, but not there yet IMHO. The problem I'm having with them (common to both the Nait-2 and the DNM driving the speakers) is too much bass. I'm using NAC-A5 because the rabbits don't like it (they prefer the taste of power cables but that's another story).
The room is approximately 15'x13' with a 10' or 11' ceiling. I've positioned the speakers along the length, around 3' in from the corners and about 1' into the room. I don't think this is ideal.
My questions:
(a) is there a convention for siting these speakers to gain a solid, convincing central image - things are a bit diffuse in the middle in my opinion as compared to conventional speakers.
(b) What orientation of the 'diamond' - in other words, do I have the bass driver and HF unit orthogonal to the back wall or do I toe the speakers in a bit?
(c) Should I look at a different cable? NAC-A5 doesn't seem to be very good at all with the Shahinians (it was better with the old speakers).
(d) ANy other tips?
Ah well, catch you later!
TC '..'
"Girl, you thought he was a man, but he was a Muffin..."
After one heck of a fortnight whilst I decanted my earthly possessions and entrusted them with a local removals firm (save for my hifi, cameras and laptop), I am finally in an empty house. In a week or so it will be gutted, new ceilings, redecoration, oak hardwood flooring installed prior to sale. ANyway, I digress.
I am now moving to the wife-to-be's flat, and will be there for the best part of a year or so whilst we (a) get married, (b) sell my house, (c) etc. etc. Eventually we will buy a house needing work and renovate, but that's a way away, so for now I have a new listening environment, unknown speakers (my Neats are now packed into storage, along with their funky Mana stands, so I will have to use the Shahinian Compasses for the next while.
Nice speakers, but not there yet IMHO. The problem I'm having with them (common to both the Nait-2 and the DNM driving the speakers) is too much bass. I'm using NAC-A5 because the rabbits don't like it (they prefer the taste of power cables but that's another story).
The room is approximately 15'x13' with a 10' or 11' ceiling. I've positioned the speakers along the length, around 3' in from the corners and about 1' into the room. I don't think this is ideal.
My questions:
(a) is there a convention for siting these speakers to gain a solid, convincing central image - things are a bit diffuse in the middle in my opinion as compared to conventional speakers.
(b) What orientation of the 'diamond' - in other words, do I have the bass driver and HF unit orthogonal to the back wall or do I toe the speakers in a bit?
(c) Should I look at a different cable? NAC-A5 doesn't seem to be very good at all with the Shahinians (it was better with the old speakers).
(d) ANy other tips?
Ah well, catch you later!
TC '..'
"Girl, you thought he was a man, but he was a Muffin..."