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Hi -
I just built out my family room and moved all of my speakers to this room and purchased a new receiver as well -
Whereas before these speaker were all freestandig, they're now built into custom cabinetry due to the Wife Factor.

My speakers consist of:


2 M80 V2's for the front, 1 VIP 150V2 for Center, 2 Speakercraft Aim 8's in the ceiling for surrond and a Sunfire Sub - I was powering this with an older Yamaha RXV992 before and now moved it temporarily to an Onkyo SR-504 entry level amp - The intention being to purchase some Rotel equipment in the future - The Onkyo is only rated at 6 & 8 Ohms although it seems to be powering my speakers OK - I also have my crossover set at 80 for the sub in the Onkyo - Everything sounds terrific EXCEPT for the center channel, it seems like I get too much Bass out of the center and akmost no high's, the soudn is muffled - It was much brighter before - I'm wonderign what could be the cause of this - Receiver? Speaker placement in the cabinet? I have taken off the grill and there is speaker cloth on the cabinet as well - The back of the cabinet is open, so the speaker has lots of air (is this a bad thing maybe??) - Any help would be appreciated - I'm
going nuts with this and I'm more than a little upset.



Jeremy



Two things...you say that the speakers are now inside cabinets? Even with the backs open I do believe that this could be adding to your problem. However, you also say that you are using a new receiver? Well now you have 2 changes in play that could be causing your problem. It's much like computer software. Make only one change at a time so that if something's not right you can UNDO the most recent change and get back to where you were. Therefore, if the cabinets must remain, then why not try swapping out your new receiver for the old one and see how it sounds then. If that fixes the problem, then at least you know it's the receiver and not the cabinets. How ironic that the post right ahead of yours is a complaint that he doesn't get enough bass out of his VP150 and you are getting too much. Keep your center set at small, and the x-over at 80. Check what the TONE settings are in the receiver. Start at zero for both bass and treble and work your way from there. Because of the new room, (which is actually the 3rd change in your setup) the cabinets, and the new receiver, you are just going to have to tweek your settings. Then again, at the worst, you will have to scrap the cabinets! Sorry!

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