Dingbat
pfm Member
When bought new, my Twenty5.26 was super bright to the point of painful, and where I was living at the time, the room acoustics were terrible. I thought I made a big mistake. Now though, I'm in a different place, it is sitting in a 8m x 5m room, positioned on the short side of the room, firing down through the long length of the room. It sounds excellent now, very precise sound, no overt brightness, the bass is taunt and has no bloom.
There could be a few factors going on here. I have my speakers sitting on Isoacoustics Gaia III - they made a big difference to improving the sound quality. I have them 40cm from the back walls. I experimented a lot with positioning, and found a little more or a little less from the back wall changed the bass quality markedly. At that distance from the wall, it seemed to give the best controlled bass. Theoretically they can be close to the walls, but a little bit of air around them helps. Too far into the room though, and they started to get a bit limp. I'm currently using a Supernait 2 integrated amp with a Hicap, and that drives it beautifully.
So it could be a one or a combination of room acoustics, speaker positioning and support, or amplification going on there - or maybe the sound simply isn't for you. The PMCs grew on me. Over time, I came to like more and more the sound I was getting, especially with my amplification. It's a very precise, but not analytical sound, it renders both rock and jazz very well, times great, and the bass is taunt and accurate. If it's there in the music, it is there, but it won't show you something if it isn't in the music. And I don't feel that the music it plays is coloured in any way.
There could be a few factors going on here. I have my speakers sitting on Isoacoustics Gaia III - they made a big difference to improving the sound quality. I have them 40cm from the back walls. I experimented a lot with positioning, and found a little more or a little less from the back wall changed the bass quality markedly. At that distance from the wall, it seemed to give the best controlled bass. Theoretically they can be close to the walls, but a little bit of air around them helps. Too far into the room though, and they started to get a bit limp. I'm currently using a Supernait 2 integrated amp with a Hicap, and that drives it beautifully.
So it could be a one or a combination of room acoustics, speaker positioning and support, or amplification going on there - or maybe the sound simply isn't for you. The PMCs grew on me. Over time, I came to like more and more the sound I was getting, especially with my amplification. It's a very precise, but not analytical sound, it renders both rock and jazz very well, times great, and the bass is taunt and accurate. If it's there in the music, it is there, but it won't show you something if it isn't in the music. And I don't feel that the music it plays is coloured in any way.