0 Popular Post ecwl Posted January 17, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted January 17, 2021 4 hours ago, Claudiu said: 906s are exactly 2 years old, with flax cones. I have a subwoofer but I rarely use it, I'm not into bass too much. I am listening to all sorts of music. I am searching for voice detail in tracks, and I like Seal or Mark Anthony for example. My current setup sounds great, but I feel like there is a bit of room for improvement. I feel like the all in ones like LS50 WirelessII are well calibrated, and eliminate issues like the amp-speakers pairing and special hifi cables. I agree with everyone else’s general suggestion which is that moving from your current system to LS50 Wireless feels more like a parallel change in sound (with differences in ergonomics and size) rather than a true upgrade in sound. If I were you, and I already have a subwoofer, the first thing I would do is buy a MiniDSP UMIK-1 microphone and learn how to use it with the free Room EQ Wizard (REW) software to measure the frequency response of the speakers alone at my primary listening position and then re-integrate my subwoofer with the speakers for the sole purpose of just filling in the bass frequencies that the speakers can’t do (assuming you can set the phase, crossover and volume of the subwoofer). If you just set your subwoofer by ear, you can actually guess wrong in terms of the volume of the subwoofer. And if you set the crossover of the subwoofer based on the theoretical drop off of the speakers, you may overwhelm the bass because of the inate room bass peaks. This is why having a microphone to properly measure the system is key if you want to properly integrate the subwoofer into the system. The fact that you say you have a subwoofer but rarely use it tells me that the subwoofer is not properly integrated into the system. Moreover, if you only play music digitally, it is possible that your playback software would allow you to DSP the bass peaks out using simple parametric EQ and that’s another way to get even better performance out of your system. But the only way to know the exact parametric EQ settings is to have a microphone to measure the sound. I think this is what you’ll get the most bang for your buck. And moving forward, even if you’re going to upgrade to much more expensive systems, you’ll still benefit from the microphone purchase and learning how to use REW. bluesman and firedog 2 Link to comment
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