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Re: The usual suspects...
Zimm #256905 04/15/09 04:15 PM
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Welcome to the family, dude! I completely agree with you on the "that's what instruments sound like" bit.


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Re: The usual suspects...
Cactrot #256942 04/15/09 08:55 PM
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THAT'S WHAT INSTRUMENTS SOUND LIKE!!

I agree as well, though, if you put such a revealing speaker in a highly reflective room, it will probably start to sound bright. I certainly notice that in my (highly reflective) concrete box with some music like pipe organ.

On the midrange, the M22 is a very neutral speaker. I wonder if the digms have a slight hump in the mid bass that gives it that fuller sound. People here comment on that with the M3, which does have a hump between 100Hz and 200Hz.

Nice review. Now that you've come up for air, stick around and post a little more.


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Re: The usual suspects...
fredk #257027 04/16/09 02:51 PM
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 Originally Posted By: Zimm
My QS8 are pretty close to my listening position (about 6 feet) and I find I need to back the level off a few ticks from SPL leveling to make them disappear. That done, I've been very happy with them. They are exacting and invisible - although those are polar opposites. But on games, for example, you can track planes or people moving behind you with detail. But on most music it is a seamless wall behind you. In movies you get both. Mine are about 7 feet off the floor with 9 foot ceilings, and about 2 feet behind me, corner loaded; if that helps any.


So they're only about eighteen inches from the ceiling? Why would you mount them so high? Like I said, mine are only about eighteen inches above my ears and I still feel like I'm hearing sounds coming from above that should sound like they're coming from behind.

Re: The usual suspects...
Cactrot #257028 04/16/09 03:08 PM
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 Originally Posted By: Cactrot
Why would you mount them so high?

Because they sounds better there. Not being as coy as it sounds...they really do. A) That is the furthest point from the listener so localization is lessened as much as possible, as compared to inches above the ears. B) Corner loading improves the bass response as compared to mid-wall mounting. C) 'cause that is how I always see it in pics of HTs I admire, except where placement high on the wall is not feasible. Never been to a movie theater or great HT that had surrounds mounted near ear level (not that there is anything wrong with that).

Give it a try, you might like the change. If not, let us know why. I'm always up for a change. \:\/


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