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My Duo XDs have just arrived at last and I’m struggling to get them to sound good.
I’m sure this will happen in time as they bed in and I get the hang of the Settings that can be made on the back panel.
At present their sound is not a match to my pre-Omega Duos from about 2006, so I’m hoping you may be able to help me to get them singing!
OK, where do we begin? I’ve placed them in an established favoured position for Duos and they are toed-in so they face directly towards the listening position.
There’s about 9’6” between the speakers (tweeter centres) and about 13’6” from the speakers to my listening position. They are tilted forward a little as suggested in the Owner’s Manual so the tops of the bass cabinets are just visible.
OK, so far so good, although I’d welcome suggestions for subtle changes regarding speaker positioning. Incidentally there are no nearby walls – the speakers are effectively mid-room with 12-15 ft behind them. See my room layout sketch and rather poor Day 1 photo.
Next are the settings that the back panel offers:
The Factory-set Volume was 8dB - adjustable using the Up and Down buttons – I’ve upped this to 10dB. I don’t need excessive bass but this seems better than default. I suspect I’ll have to up this further, but I’d appreciate your views.
Then there’s Configuration. Default is Setting 00 with 0dB low EQ and 0 change to XO frequency. I’ve left this with those default settings as I guess AG should know what’s best regarding the XO frequency.
Experimental changes to Setting 12 for example (+3dB and -30Hz) don’t over excite me but neither does the result sound worse. What Configuration settings do you find works best?
Have you used the DSP software with a calibrated mic and AGs offer to examine and deliberate on the readings? If so, did this make any significant improvement? My experience with various DSP systems has not been encouraging so far. In any event, I believe that DSP is best done long before the DAC to avoid analogue to digital and back again to analogue - so perhaps best not done in the speakers.
I appreciate room acoustics makes these setting rather dependent on circumstances, but I’d appreciate pointers to what you find best and also links to threads here (or elsewhere) where this subject has been discussed.
Many thanks
Peter
I’m sure this will happen in time as they bed in and I get the hang of the Settings that can be made on the back panel.
At present their sound is not a match to my pre-Omega Duos from about 2006, so I’m hoping you may be able to help me to get them singing!
OK, where do we begin? I’ve placed them in an established favoured position for Duos and they are toed-in so they face directly towards the listening position.
There’s about 9’6” between the speakers (tweeter centres) and about 13’6” from the speakers to my listening position. They are tilted forward a little as suggested in the Owner’s Manual so the tops of the bass cabinets are just visible.
OK, so far so good, although I’d welcome suggestions for subtle changes regarding speaker positioning. Incidentally there are no nearby walls – the speakers are effectively mid-room with 12-15 ft behind them. See my room layout sketch and rather poor Day 1 photo.
Next are the settings that the back panel offers:
The Factory-set Volume was 8dB - adjustable using the Up and Down buttons – I’ve upped this to 10dB. I don’t need excessive bass but this seems better than default. I suspect I’ll have to up this further, but I’d appreciate your views.
Then there’s Configuration. Default is Setting 00 with 0dB low EQ and 0 change to XO frequency. I’ve left this with those default settings as I guess AG should know what’s best regarding the XO frequency.
Experimental changes to Setting 12 for example (+3dB and -30Hz) don’t over excite me but neither does the result sound worse. What Configuration settings do you find works best?
Have you used the DSP software with a calibrated mic and AGs offer to examine and deliberate on the readings? If so, did this make any significant improvement? My experience with various DSP systems has not been encouraging so far. In any event, I believe that DSP is best done long before the DAC to avoid analogue to digital and back again to analogue - so perhaps best not done in the speakers.
I appreciate room acoustics makes these setting rather dependent on circumstances, but I’d appreciate pointers to what you find best and also links to threads here (or elsewhere) where this subject has been discussed.
Many thanks
Peter