Yeah, every so often, I will remove and re-seat my speaker cables and interconnects, just in case there might be some loss of contact quality. It does seem to make the sound "crisper"!Look, it NEVER does any harm to clean contacts annually say, especially if they're exposed to the atmosphere. Whether you'd *hear* any difference doesn't matter really
No disagreement at all on thisLook, it NEVER does any harm to clean contacts annually say, especially if they're exposed to the atmosphere. Whether you'd *hear* any difference doesn't matter really
I have heard multiple SFs over the years, from lower cost to megabuck, and all had issues, none had flat FR. Not all were tipped up in the HF, but in that case they were severely rolled off. Very odd speaker design, schizophrenic across the lineup is the best description I can use.
Almost everything sounds less bright than most recent B&W models:
I do think that if I had a "live" room and neutral amp, they'd sound much brighter than they now do. I have thought about selling off this Krell and getting a modern amp known to be neutral. An added benefit would be that it wouldn't weigh over 100 pounds and also serve well as a room heater!
Do it. I got rid of my Adcom furnace for a Hypex and never looked back.
Interesting, I think I did see that before I bought my Lumina V's.
Also the 10 kHz peak is quite narrow so probably not too audible.
Yes, really not bad, still the treble is lifted above 7 kHz around 3-4 dB but in that region it give more "air" than sharpness.
That’s my conclusion too, and as Erin points out you can simply eq the speakers. In comparison to other sf speakers it seams typical presentation.
Well there you go, @MarcT ... the tower is waaay more balanced. I did a quick overlay... In absolute terms, the tweeter output of the lumina V is down 2 db. If we peg it relative to the scooped out midrange of the II (probably due to skimping on baffle step compensation to boost the sensitivity rating), the tweeter is down a whopping 7db. Now I don't know if the port output has been stitched into the response, but I would guess at minimum the V has twice as much perceived bass as the II at the same listening level. All this to say... not going to be a bright-sounding speaker. If you don't toe-in the speaker directly at you, the mild tilting up above 8khz levels out as well (so try that if you feel it's dull).
Makes sense, the bbc concept was always bass light. Ideally any small speaker would be matched with a sub or two. Erin hinted at this too.
No, not any more. I bought most of my equipment before my great enlightenment here.
I had the Krell long before I got the Lumina V's. I bought the Lumina's because I just wanted a change from my 90's era Legacy Signature II towers that I'd been using for about 20 years. The tweeters on those Legacy's were just so high off the ground, for one thing, and the mids and woofers were the old polypropylene ones. I just wanted to try a new speaker with more modern drivers and such.
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