happyhiker
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Hi, I've just upgraded to a BK Gemini Mk2 SW and I'm a bit disappointed. I'd previously demo'd a MJ Acoustics pro 50 mkii SW in superfi that sounded amazing, really tight and enough basss to make the floor tremble, a totally different beast to my old Yamaha cheap SW. However I ended up getting a BK, and was expecting at least the same sort of sound, but its not that much better than my old one. I might have just set it up wrong, or maybe I expected too much, but any help would be appreciated. Heres the details...
I used the start of LOTR, fellowship battle with Sauron as the reference. When he explodes you get a wave of sound and can feel it, even with my old SW. On the BK I get a slightly better quality sound (less boomy) but the tactile experience is less. On Music I can feel the Bass on my Chest, but its not boom boom shake the room. Now I know shake the room isn't always what you want, but I expected to be able to get it when I turned everything up just whilst mucking about. The MJ Acoustics I demo'd was playing Drum and Bass and via superfi's amp and was no doubt picked to impress. But it made the floor shake. I get none of that, though I only have Gorillaz to demo, not Drum and Bass.
My set up is in the sig. I have front speakers 2.3 meter from me, the rear about 1.2 and the SW 3.5m. Its not on spikes yet, on a wool carpet over floorboards, Spikes may help, as might a tesco's chopping board, but I think I'm looking for a bigger difference. I have tried LFE(which makes it a bit boomy) and 95-80 crossover and the gain from 75% to 25% turn. 25% gain makes it feel flat, 75% is loud but no vibration. Am I doing something wrong? I've seem posts about the sofa shaking etc, am I expecting too much ?
To be fair I haven't rerun the Amp setup since switching SW, because I ended up changing everything anyway. The Amp only has SW 100,150 and 200 settings, with distance and +/-db. I have the SW set to +3db which I haven't played with but it seems loud enough as it is. ( ie on LFE, speech goes through the SW and makes speech seem muffled, so I think its loud enough). I've checked all the distances and they are correct. Am I doing something wrong? Please help.
I used the start of LOTR, fellowship battle with Sauron as the reference. When he explodes you get a wave of sound and can feel it, even with my old SW. On the BK I get a slightly better quality sound (less boomy) but the tactile experience is less. On Music I can feel the Bass on my Chest, but its not boom boom shake the room. Now I know shake the room isn't always what you want, but I expected to be able to get it when I turned everything up just whilst mucking about. The MJ Acoustics I demo'd was playing Drum and Bass and via superfi's amp and was no doubt picked to impress. But it made the floor shake. I get none of that, though I only have Gorillaz to demo, not Drum and Bass.
My set up is in the sig. I have front speakers 2.3 meter from me, the rear about 1.2 and the SW 3.5m. Its not on spikes yet, on a wool carpet over floorboards, Spikes may help, as might a tesco's chopping board, but I think I'm looking for a bigger difference. I have tried LFE(which makes it a bit boomy) and 95-80 crossover and the gain from 75% to 25% turn. 25% gain makes it feel flat, 75% is loud but no vibration. Am I doing something wrong? I've seem posts about the sofa shaking etc, am I expecting too much ?
To be fair I haven't rerun the Amp setup since switching SW, because I ended up changing everything anyway. The Amp only has SW 100,150 and 200 settings, with distance and +/-db. I have the SW set to +3db which I haven't played with but it seems loud enough as it is. ( ie on LFE, speech goes through the SW and makes speech seem muffled, so I think its loud enough). I've checked all the distances and they are correct. Am I doing something wrong? Please help.
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