Some time ago I got myself a pair of KEF HTS3001SE satellite speakers, possibly the nicest eggs produced by KEF.
Out of curiosity I am now trying to make them sing.
Setup:
Digital source -> Behringer DEQ2496 optical in/out -> Sony STR-DB940 -> KEF HTS3001SE and a stacked pair of active bookshelves as (not so sub)woofers, crossed over at 90Hz*.
All poor man's stuff I know. It's nothing permanent. I simply like the exercise of seeing what I can achieve with it.
I have a UMIK-1 and know my way around in REW to a certain extent. I'll share some of my own measurements later, but at the moment I'm wondering: what would you do above 1kHz based on these plots?
(Source)
The reason I'm asking is because out of the box that area sounds a bit off to me. Slightly unrefined and out of balance. The wife in the kitchen (not joking) asked me to turn the music off because it was hurting her ears. Without EQ there is something thin and shouty about them indeed. Voices and strings sound a bit unnatural, and I find myself struggling to get this right by ear.
Would love to hear your thoughts. Thank you so much in advance!
*Maybe I should set this to 120Hz. Will definitely try that out later.
Out of curiosity I am now trying to make them sing.
Setup:
Digital source -> Behringer DEQ2496 optical in/out -> Sony STR-DB940 -> KEF HTS3001SE and a stacked pair of active bookshelves as (not so sub)woofers, crossed over at 90Hz*.
All poor man's stuff I know. It's nothing permanent. I simply like the exercise of seeing what I can achieve with it.
I have a UMIK-1 and know my way around in REW to a certain extent. I'll share some of my own measurements later, but at the moment I'm wondering: what would you do above 1kHz based on these plots?
(Source)
The reason I'm asking is because out of the box that area sounds a bit off to me. Slightly unrefined and out of balance. The wife in the kitchen (not joking) asked me to turn the music off because it was hurting her ears. Without EQ there is something thin and shouty about them indeed. Voices and strings sound a bit unnatural, and I find myself struggling to get this right by ear.
Would love to hear your thoughts. Thank you so much in advance!
*Maybe I should set this to 120Hz. Will definitely try that out later.