Thanks
. Will try that. However, I'll keep going with R3s unEQued for now. I could also tweak the FR through my ADI-2 but I don't want to at the time. That's not how I evaluate new speakers usually.
Every speakers would need some EQ/room correction, but I see no point to EQ 1600€ speakers intending to make them sound like 500€ ones I already have (and like). This makes no sense to me. In addition, EQ won't fix the narrow spreading/soundstage I believe to hear.
R3s are running for about 40H now. If there's any burn-in to believe in, that shouldn't be an issue anymore. However, I was listening during one hour or two this afternoon and most of my
subjective impressions remain:
- Very deep bass, probably the deepest I've ever heard from any standmounts (first 3-way ones I tried, tho)
- Focused imaging, with very huge scale at the center image. Plenty of details in it. A certain sense of deepness in the sweet spot.
- May sound slightly bright with some recordings. Not enough to turn harsh or fatiguing. Not an issue for me. But my personal preferences are going for smoothness.
- Soundstage is a very weird part. As I said, center imaging looks like a strong point, but in the same time, I hear a very left/right presentation, with some instruments being easily locatable right on the speakers. Sound don't fade out around speakers like I'm used to with Arias. I'd say Arias sound like a wide 2D wall, and the R3 like a 3D corridor (Sorry for the lack of English vocabulary to describe it). I prefer the "2D wall"
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- Still thinking the low-mid sound thin, with somewhat recessed vocals and a perceived lack of "body".
- Still thinking the overall presentation is very accurate, with literally no flaw from a technical standpoint... but yet remains boring all the same.