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Time to get a rug.Here’s a new picture after repositioning the speakers. I used a mirror on the floor to identify where the reflection point is. The cushions on the floor indicate that location.
Time to get a rug.Here’s a new picture after repositioning the speakers. I used a mirror on the floor to identify where the reflection point is. The cushions on the floor indicate that location.
Could I not use a couple large scatter cushions? A rug is not gonna happen.Time to get a rug.
Could I not use a couple large scatter cushions? A rug is not gonna happen.
Hi, 2m distance isn't nearfield it is midfield.This is pretty nearfield I guess in a pretty much 2m equilateral triangle.
I attribute some of it to a change in DAC (both R2R but I think the previous one was that bit more rolled-off and/or the current one is better suited to the rest of the system) but I also think in hindsight that there were times that I was more on-axis than I realised. Given the overall width of the speaker (and using them with grills on) where the centre of the speaker is actually pointed is not always as obvious as it might appear.
Metrum Onyx followed by Aqua La VoceWhat Dacs are they?
Aqua dacs look nice. Holo spring Dacs seem to be similar style/design. Both would be on the radar if I was in the market.Metrum Onyx followed by Aqua La Voce
Reading a few posts on here and I can suggest that as with @JTC i also find my tannoy legacy to have a darkness in the lower treble / upper midband. It lends them a slightly (shut in) feeling. As JTC knows, my room is sufficiently lively not to be the issue and I listen significantly closer than he does, yet the issue persists.
I have my eatons on higher stands so that woofer is almost ear level, and I toe them in so that I’m staring down their throats as it were, they’re bang on axis. Less toe in made it worse.
I run treble energy +1.5 as I find +3 sounds unbalanced and creates a rather thin feeling to the sound.
pulling them out plenty I’ve found I can tolerate the balance which seems inherent to modern tannoys (I used to own turnberry SE and suffered the same issue).
my feeling is that the only way to improve this is to use them in massively free space in an otherwise oversized room.
I like them and they make most things sound good, but they won’t be my forever speaker.
if you go on flikr its easy to post a pic. you cut and paste the bcc code
Can someone snap a picture of the Legacy owners manual page regarding location of the speaker. I’ve searched around and found very sparse info. My DMT’s do like to be out in the room three feet away from walls. This seems to be confirmed in the Kingdom manual I found.
Reading a few posts on here and I can suggest that as with @JTC i also find my tannoy legacy to have a darkness in the lower treble / upper midband. It lends them a slightly (shut in) feeling. As JTC knows, my room is sufficiently lively not to be the issue and I listen significantly closer than he does, yet the issue persists.
I have my eatons on higher stands so that woofer is almost ear level, and I toe them in so that I’m staring down their throats as it were, they’re bang on axis. Less toe in made it worse.
I run treble energy +1.5 as I find +3 sounds unbalanced and creates a rather thin feeling to the sound.
pulling them out plenty I’ve found I can tolerate the balance which seems inherent to modern tannoys (I used to own turnberry SE and suffered the same issue).
my feeling is that the only way to improve this is to use them in massively free space in an otherwise oversized room.I like them and they make most things sound good, but they won’t be my forever speaker.
Addition: it clearly seems to be mostly an issue about upper bass clouding the lower treble response. Play music without bass and they sound ideal. The second you bring some bass into the mix, it muddies the works a little.
positioning and bungs may assist
Reading a few posts on here and I can suggest that as with @JTC i also find my tannoy legacy to have a darkness in the lower treble / upper midband. It lends them a slightly (shut in) feeling. As JTC knows, my room is sufficiently lively not to be the issue and I listen significantly closer than he does, yet the issue persists.
I have my eatons on higher stands so that woofer is almost ear level, and I toe them in so that I’m staring down their throats as it were, they’re bang on axis. Less toe in made it worse.
I run treble energy +1.5 as I find +3 sounds unbalanced and creates a rather thin feeling to the sound.
pulling them out plenty I’ve found I can tolerate the balance which seems inherent to modern tannoys (I used to own turnberry SE and suffered the same issue).
my feeling is that the only way to improve this is to use them in massively free space in an otherwise oversized room.
I like them and they make most things sound good, but they won’t be my forever speaker.
How are you finding its HF now? It’s the only area I have anything approaching criticism of the Ardens, inasmuch as on some tracks I think I would like a bit more treble energy. Paradoxically it’s absolutely spot on perfect on other tracks. Maybe it’s just being super truthful to what’s actually on the recording, rather than imparting a bit of brightness to everything.I am wondering if it might benefit in this regard from short plinths, perhaps spiked into the carpet and with the Ardens on isolation feet atop.
Still love the speakers but perhaps a touch of seasoning to taste is required...