buzztiger Posted October 3, 2006 Posted October 3, 2006 Hi ! I bought my HT components last month now thinking of improving it. This is wat i have mordaunt short carnival 2 speakers(connected with free 16 gauge silver color cables dunno if silver or tin coated ) and wharfedale wh 2 center speaker and denon 1507 AVR(connected to pioneer DVD player via digital coaxial output using Belden 1530 cable also came free wen i bought + velodyne vx 10 sub( connected using a standard analog red and white cable ). Can someone advise on how to improve the sound quality ? I feel that something is missing i dunno if it is mid bass or some other thing. But i know that it lacks something. Another one more question. Can someone explain y using different interconnects for digital audio output can alter the sound since it juz sends digital bitstream to the AVR which in turn decodes it and output through speakers ?
Gavyn Posted October 3, 2006 Posted October 3, 2006 Try to buy some cone to place under speaker. Hope it help on your mid bass. :P
buzztiger Posted October 3, 2006 Author Posted October 3, 2006 Cones ? i'm sry but may i know wat is it ? I place my speakers on wooden cabinets.
SiriuslyCold Posted October 3, 2006 Posted October 3, 2006 despite the name "bookshelf" speakers aren't meant for placing on bookshelves - or at least not if you want them to sound good. they should be called by their proper name "standmounts"
synthesis1624705793 Posted October 3, 2006 Posted October 3, 2006 Hey I place my bookshelf speaker on a cabinet and it's not so bad leh... If I have space for speaker stand I would get floorstander altogether.. ;) Anyway, try to play around with crossover adjustment and on both your receiver and subwoofer as well as matching the volume between the main and the subwofer to a good balance. Make sure you set the Front as Small. This way you let the sub handles the low freq. Try different speaker and sub placement. It makes a lot of difference. Or upgradities tickling you.... ;D ;D
buzztiger Posted October 5, 2006 Author Posted October 5, 2006 The problem is i have no money for stand now. So looking into other ways to improve the sound like buying cables. Was thinking of getting klotz gy107 cable for interconnect.
synthesis1624705793 Posted October 5, 2006 Posted October 5, 2006 The problem is i have no money for stand now. So looking into other ways to improve the sound like buying cables. Was thinking of getting klotz gy107 cable for interconnect. You may end up spending more if you are trying to solve your problem by cable route. Like I said before, just play around with your receiver/subwoofer setting and speaker placement first as this is free. FYI, I only use the thicker Daiyo interconnect for my subwoofer and it sounds fine. You can get that Klotz so you can feel better ;)
buzztiger Posted October 5, 2006 Author Posted October 5, 2006 I have played with my receiver and sub already(crossover is set) . I crawled around the whole room looking for a sweet spot for the sub. But some spots sound the same or at least to my ears. This is so hard.
synthesis1624705793 Posted October 5, 2006 Posted October 5, 2006 Hmmm seems like you've done your homeworks. So it's probably just the limitation of your system or your room and you have higher expectation. Just enjoy what you have now before upgrade bug kicks in. Or already started... ;D
deano Posted October 5, 2006 Posted October 5, 2006 Where/How much u bought your carnival spkers? I thought those spkers are damn old model like 80s or 90s one? for sub cable you can see if you have spare scv belden cables around, just screw a pair of rca adpators on it and connect to your L lfe in.
buzztiger Posted October 5, 2006 Author Posted October 5, 2006 Any simple acoustic treatments to suggest ?
synthesis1624705793 Posted October 6, 2006 Posted October 6, 2006 If you have echo problem, you may use carpet, bookshelf, curtain, more furniture...
Phil1624705739 Posted October 6, 2006 Posted October 6, 2006 2 advices. 1. Allow your speakers to run-in. Frequent usage will do, no need special burn-in software. Listen for improvement as time goes by. 2. Calibrate your system to balance out the sound level from each speakers. Run your auto calibration software if your receiver has such functionality. E.g. MCACC. Phil
maxngck Posted October 7, 2006 Posted October 7, 2006 i think after running the auto calibration, u will still need to adjust the setting a little to achieve the optimum sound ;D
buzztiger Posted October 7, 2006 Author Posted October 7, 2006 Yup u are right after i let the MCACC run i find the center and sub not balanced. Had to alter manually.
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