bendeela
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Hello all,
So I went for an un-auditioned CXA81 amp with Wharfdale Heritage Lintons and although amazingly clear it's all a bit harsh sounding and lacking in bass when I crank it up......not what I was expecting at all from everything I've read. Vinyl played on my Technics SL-1500c sounds better than anything digital (streaming aptxhd or plugging in my Kern Kann). I know i haven't run anything in nearly enough yet but am starting to think amp and speakers are more bright and forward than what I like.
I mean it all sounds great and clear as a bell and the instrument separation is joyful but I cant crank it up without it hurting my ears because it's so brash. Ive lugged the speakers backwards forwards toed in toed out and nothing is working. I know that bright mid and upper will ease but Im not sure the bass will ever pop out and party in the way I'd hoped it might.
I went and snatched the Dali E12 sub from my home cinema and now we're talking. Suddenly everything has dropped into place. Its giving me the bottom welly that the Lintons by themselves (in conjunction with the CXA81 at least) weren't supplying.
Because the CXA81 has no crossover - just a sub out - I wondered if anyone could recommend a sub that might work really well with these components. The Dali is fine but it's gotta go back where it came from and I know someone here will have a much better grasp of my situation than I have! I'm not after distorted teeth shattering tinted windows stuck at the traffic lights bass, just something musical, bouncy, responsive that fills the bottom out to match the mids and uppers I have in spades here.
So I went for an un-auditioned CXA81 amp with Wharfdale Heritage Lintons and although amazingly clear it's all a bit harsh sounding and lacking in bass when I crank it up......not what I was expecting at all from everything I've read. Vinyl played on my Technics SL-1500c sounds better than anything digital (streaming aptxhd or plugging in my Kern Kann). I know i haven't run anything in nearly enough yet but am starting to think amp and speakers are more bright and forward than what I like.
I mean it all sounds great and clear as a bell and the instrument separation is joyful but I cant crank it up without it hurting my ears because it's so brash. Ive lugged the speakers backwards forwards toed in toed out and nothing is working. I know that bright mid and upper will ease but Im not sure the bass will ever pop out and party in the way I'd hoped it might.
I went and snatched the Dali E12 sub from my home cinema and now we're talking. Suddenly everything has dropped into place. Its giving me the bottom welly that the Lintons by themselves (in conjunction with the CXA81 at least) weren't supplying.
Because the CXA81 has no crossover - just a sub out - I wondered if anyone could recommend a sub that might work really well with these components. The Dali is fine but it's gotta go back where it came from and I know someone here will have a much better grasp of my situation than I have! I'm not after distorted teeth shattering tinted windows stuck at the traffic lights bass, just something musical, bouncy, responsive that fills the bottom out to match the mids and uppers I have in spades here.