Hi guys
I've been toying with the idea of getting a new tv for the last month or so, and at the weekend i went for it. After doing some research, shopping around and setting a budget I went to Richer Sounds.
After looking around i saw the LG EG920V (55") on display and realised i needed to increase budget from £1600 to just over £2k with very little persuasion.
Anyway, it only occurred to me once i was there that my existing Onkyo 606 (or 607 i cant remember) may need an update. The guys in the shop explained that my old 606/7 couldn't process 4k so i would need to upgrade that (is this true?). Might as well go the whole hog and get new speakers too then.
Cut a long story short, i ended up with the above mentioned TV, a new TX-NR646 Onkyo receiver and the Canton 75 Movie speakers (5.1). i was assured that the receiver would be a significant upgrade to my old one and so would the new speakers which were replacing my Onkyo SKC-528's.
The TV is outstanding, very happy with it, however i am fairly disappointed with the speakers.
I know they will need running in for a while but will this really make THAT much difference? I have been feeding them a variety of music at moderate levels for about 15 hours and nothing seems to have changed.
I am an amateur when it comes to audio but the sound is worse than the old setup. The audio is much clearer but the sub sounds weird and the other speakers seem to be lacking mid range and 'fullness'. Its hard to explain really.
I have spent hours fiddling with the settings, learning about crossover and tweaking that, along with various other EQ settings. I must have plugged in the setup mic and allowed it to tune itself about 5 times but it still doesn't sound right. I never had to do any of this with the previous setup.
The speakers themselves are about 30% smaller than my old ones, would this make a difference? Sub box is the same size so i assume that is still the same.
The sub itself seems to be overcooking the higher frequencies and undercooking the lower ones. If i crank amp volume up a bit then it gets nice and punchy with low freq but mid and higher freq bass sounds sh**ty. When i play with the volume on the sub itself, its either too boomy or if i turn it down it lacks any kick.
Apologies for the terrible description of the problem.
Do i really need a pro to come and set all this up properly for me?
Could this be an amp issue too?
Have i been sold a shitty set of speakers? I am rarely an impulse buyer but on this occasion it happened and im kicking myself for throwing away the box already.... I realise they are entry level speakers so i'm not expecting sonic excellence, but i certainly dont expect them to be worse than the old ones, and i was really happy with those. Again kicking myself for giving them to a friend.
Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated.
I've been toying with the idea of getting a new tv for the last month or so, and at the weekend i went for it. After doing some research, shopping around and setting a budget I went to Richer Sounds.
After looking around i saw the LG EG920V (55") on display and realised i needed to increase budget from £1600 to just over £2k with very little persuasion.
Anyway, it only occurred to me once i was there that my existing Onkyo 606 (or 607 i cant remember) may need an update. The guys in the shop explained that my old 606/7 couldn't process 4k so i would need to upgrade that (is this true?). Might as well go the whole hog and get new speakers too then.
Cut a long story short, i ended up with the above mentioned TV, a new TX-NR646 Onkyo receiver and the Canton 75 Movie speakers (5.1). i was assured that the receiver would be a significant upgrade to my old one and so would the new speakers which were replacing my Onkyo SKC-528's.
The TV is outstanding, very happy with it, however i am fairly disappointed with the speakers.
I know they will need running in for a while but will this really make THAT much difference? I have been feeding them a variety of music at moderate levels for about 15 hours and nothing seems to have changed.
I am an amateur when it comes to audio but the sound is worse than the old setup. The audio is much clearer but the sub sounds weird and the other speakers seem to be lacking mid range and 'fullness'. Its hard to explain really.
I have spent hours fiddling with the settings, learning about crossover and tweaking that, along with various other EQ settings. I must have plugged in the setup mic and allowed it to tune itself about 5 times but it still doesn't sound right. I never had to do any of this with the previous setup.
The speakers themselves are about 30% smaller than my old ones, would this make a difference? Sub box is the same size so i assume that is still the same.
The sub itself seems to be overcooking the higher frequencies and undercooking the lower ones. If i crank amp volume up a bit then it gets nice and punchy with low freq but mid and higher freq bass sounds sh**ty. When i play with the volume on the sub itself, its either too boomy or if i turn it down it lacks any kick.
Apologies for the terrible description of the problem.
Do i really need a pro to come and set all this up properly for me?
Could this be an amp issue too?
Have i been sold a shitty set of speakers? I am rarely an impulse buyer but on this occasion it happened and im kicking myself for throwing away the box already.... I realise they are entry level speakers so i'm not expecting sonic excellence, but i certainly dont expect them to be worse than the old ones, and i was really happy with those. Again kicking myself for giving them to a friend.
Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated.