Hi all,
Title says it all really. Slowly getting back into music after a long break over the last year or so and being a bit limited in budget have been buying from ebay a fair bit. Oftentimes including various 5 star products of the last few years. Been very difficult though to find any bookshelf speakers I like as pretty much everything has unnatural sounding bass boom from their various ports.
Love my old Rega hifi and my slightly newer Exposure kit but having tried speakers from various makers including Kef, MA, Dali and even Rega (lovely in every other way) I just can't stand the bass woof coming from the ports which seems to get in the way of actually hearing any specific pitches in basslines.
Currently using some sealed NAD 801mm (don't laugh!) as they are the only sensible sounding speakers I've heard which avoid this boom and for all their cheapness actually present music in an enjoyable way to me. Am I some kind of freak? Does anyone else find this annoying? I live in a small apartment and I want to listen fairly quietly but would like to spend on decent speakers with lots of detail and resolution. Can anyone help me with a few suggestions?
Cheers
Mark
Title says it all really. Slowly getting back into music after a long break over the last year or so and being a bit limited in budget have been buying from ebay a fair bit. Oftentimes including various 5 star products of the last few years. Been very difficult though to find any bookshelf speakers I like as pretty much everything has unnatural sounding bass boom from their various ports.
Love my old Rega hifi and my slightly newer Exposure kit but having tried speakers from various makers including Kef, MA, Dali and even Rega (lovely in every other way) I just can't stand the bass woof coming from the ports which seems to get in the way of actually hearing any specific pitches in basslines.
Currently using some sealed NAD 801mm (don't laugh!) as they are the only sensible sounding speakers I've heard which avoid this boom and for all their cheapness actually present music in an enjoyable way to me. Am I some kind of freak? Does anyone else find this annoying? I live in a small apartment and I want to listen fairly quietly but would like to spend on decent speakers with lots of detail and resolution. Can anyone help me with a few suggestions?
Cheers
Mark