Hello everyone,
I recently purchased Wharfedale Lintons second hand, after listening to them at the seller's house. We were sitting basically nearfield and they were being powered by an Audiolab amp, which was I believe the 6000a model. I listened to some test tracks and was impressed enough to purchase them.
Now, i brought them home and hooked them up on my Marantz Pm6006 and am listening to them at about 3.5m distance. I am mostly satisfied except in tracks with lots of bass content. Particularly one of the test tracks I listened to at the seller's place (Make us stronger - Ghost rider). At my place the bass in that song has so much less definition and control, and sounds flabby and muddy. I have them pulled out about 50cm from the front wall, and wasnt listening at more than 75 db at listening position.
I am certain it was much better handled at the seller's house because I remember specifically mentioning during that track how it was tight and not muddy, which I wasnt expecting.
Now, I am a complete noob and beginner in this audiophile sphere, but I guess it could be down to:
- my amp doesnt send enough output power
- Erin measured speaker's impedance at minimum 3.5 ohm, my amp is rated at minimum 4 ohm
- I have seen people online mentioning damping factors of amplifiers, with higher ones being able to control larger woofers better. Marantz is rated at 100
- could be my room, but pulling them even more out from the front wall didnt help much. Room is about 4.5 by 6 m with ceilings at 3.3m.
Any advice would be appreciated.
I recently purchased Wharfedale Lintons second hand, after listening to them at the seller's house. We were sitting basically nearfield and they were being powered by an Audiolab amp, which was I believe the 6000a model. I listened to some test tracks and was impressed enough to purchase them.
Now, i brought them home and hooked them up on my Marantz Pm6006 and am listening to them at about 3.5m distance. I am mostly satisfied except in tracks with lots of bass content. Particularly one of the test tracks I listened to at the seller's place (Make us stronger - Ghost rider). At my place the bass in that song has so much less definition and control, and sounds flabby and muddy. I have them pulled out about 50cm from the front wall, and wasnt listening at more than 75 db at listening position.
I am certain it was much better handled at the seller's house because I remember specifically mentioning during that track how it was tight and not muddy, which I wasnt expecting.
Now, I am a complete noob and beginner in this audiophile sphere, but I guess it could be down to:
- my amp doesnt send enough output power
- Erin measured speaker's impedance at minimum 3.5 ohm, my amp is rated at minimum 4 ohm
- I have seen people online mentioning damping factors of amplifiers, with higher ones being able to control larger woofers better. Marantz is rated at 100
- could be my room, but pulling them even more out from the front wall didnt help much. Room is about 4.5 by 6 m with ceilings at 3.3m.
Any advice would be appreciated.