Were they locked into the socket?Cordial balanced XLR cables from Thomann.
Perhaps only one half of the differential pair of signal cables inside the XLR was making contact. This can be a problem with the connector not being inserted (are they clicked all the way in?). However, what I have encountered more frequently has been finding bad solder joints inside of XLR connectors which leads to the wire not making a good electrical connection. I would replace the cable in question or, if you have an iron, open up the connectors on both ends and reflow all of the solder joints.UPDATE:
After two weeks, yesterday the left Quested was playing at inferior volume compared to the right one (both set to 0), roughly half.
I swapped the R/L cables of my interface but the problem persisted, went back, wiggled a bit the cable behind the monitor, and everything went back to normal.
I should have swapped the cables that were coming out of the sub instead, and I missed an important step in the diagnosis of this issue. Swapping the cables behind my interface was pretty much useless as they are going into the sub first anyway.
What could have been? Should I be concerned about the speaker or it's usually something that cables do?
Were they locked into the socket?
Edit: exchange left and right cable. When the problem reappears and its the same speaker then the speaker connection is bad, otherwise replace the cable (and destroy the old one if you have no means to fix it, so it cannot hurt you anymore).
Perhaps only one half of the differential pair of signal cables inside the XLR was making contact. This can be a problem with the connector not being inserted (are they clicked all the way in?)
Assuming your using XLR cables. Probably a bad connection on one of the polarity of the XLR. Are you using neutrik XLR connectors? They are the best. Possible that a solder connection has come loose - you can open up the connector for a visual inspection.UPDATE:
After two weeks, yesterday the left Quested was playing at inferior volume compared to the right one (both set to 0), roughly half.
I swapped the R/L cables of my interface but the problem persisted, went back, wiggled a bit the cable behind the monitor, and everything went back to normal.
I should have swapped the cables that were coming out of the sub instead, and I missed an important step in the diagnosis of this issue. Swapping the cables behind my interface was pretty much useless as they are going into the sub first anyway.
What could have been? Should I be concerned about the speaker or it's usually something that cables do?
Have you tried the Bass traps at the rear of the room ?
Assuming your using XLR cables. Probably a bad connection on one of the polarity of the XLR. Are you using neutrik XLR connectors? They are the best. Possible that a solder connection has come loose - you can open up the connector for a visual inspection.
Honestly I don't understand why you chose Quested over the KH310 and Genelecs
Not that they're bad or anything it's just that they're less accurate to my ears and less common ( even on GS)
My experience with listening position close to the back wall is a rather overblown and muddy bass. It gets better the more you move away from the wall but it' s difficult to find a good balance as the sound changes a lot over short distances.With the premise that I'm not gonna change the layout of my room for a long time as I lack the physical energy to move everything yet again (plus, I just ordered a 120'' screen for my projector, and I'm gonna hang it on the wall) I found this listening position absolutely phenomenal:
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I simply went behind the desk to change a cable and I was blown away by how tight was the bass (plus, you know, I was actually hearing it).
you should try the sub in a corner , slightly away from the wall pointing into the room . The sub currently will be suffereing the same phase issues as the main monitors so won't be filling in any of the freq gaps. At this stage you should start being a bit more scientific with you issues and take some measurements with REW at the listening position.Thank you all.
Yesterday I installed a 120'' projector screen, the whole process took around eight hours.
For some reason I noticed that the audio and bass response of my speakers improved significantly.
Playing the tracks where I was hearing bass cancellation (around 40-80 Hz), now I'm hearing some bass, enough to perceive it. There is still some cancellation, but things are miles better. If I lean forward, even better (but not really ergonomic).
Theoretically I re-placed the speakers very close to their original position, and I'm trying to figure out what happened here. Before I experimented with different speaker positions (going 10 cm to the left, 10 to the right) without any difference whatsoever, and now BAM! things are miles better.
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It will be much easier if you show both plots with the same scale and range. Why not loading both measurements into REW and showing them in the 'All SPL' plot together?Monitors: Quested V2108 (no sub).
Tools: REW + Rode NT55.
Listening position and monitors position: as the picture two posts above.
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This was the old measurement with the KH310.
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Could someone help me and guide me a little in interpreting these measurements?
Thanks!