Regis
05-30-2006, 12:21 PM
Hi all,
Circumstances beyond my control forced me to sell the XPL-200's and relocate the L-300's to my brother here in SoCal. He has both pair now and all the associated equipment. My technical question is related to the living room. He's had the XPL-200's for a month and when I initially set them up, they sounded fine until you put some power to them and then you'd get a very noticable bass bloom. In reality, the acoustics suck and these don't sound as good as they should. When I moved my L-300's in their place, they too, exhibited the same behavior and sounded lousy too. They are about 12 inches from the wall.
The system is set up along the longest wall, lengthwise in a narrow room approx. 10 feet by 20 feet. THere is carpeting, but no wall coverings on the opposing wall ten feet away (I know it's not much room, but the layout limits where you can put anything...). The couch is facing the system with a large ten foot patio door to the right with vertical blinds. No ceiling treatment either.
We moved the XPL-200's and the Perraux to his room, which is a perfect square, 25x25 and they sounded beautiful, tight clean bass even at volume. Any suggestions as to what we should do to the living room to improve the sound. I did do a search and came up with bass traps, wall coverings and EQ fixes (I did play with the bass adjustment on the receiver, and while it tames the bloom, it taketh away too...).
Thanks!
Regis
Circumstances beyond my control forced me to sell the XPL-200's and relocate the L-300's to my brother here in SoCal. He has both pair now and all the associated equipment. My technical question is related to the living room. He's had the XPL-200's for a month and when I initially set them up, they sounded fine until you put some power to them and then you'd get a very noticable bass bloom. In reality, the acoustics suck and these don't sound as good as they should. When I moved my L-300's in their place, they too, exhibited the same behavior and sounded lousy too. They are about 12 inches from the wall.
The system is set up along the longest wall, lengthwise in a narrow room approx. 10 feet by 20 feet. THere is carpeting, but no wall coverings on the opposing wall ten feet away (I know it's not much room, but the layout limits where you can put anything...). The couch is facing the system with a large ten foot patio door to the right with vertical blinds. No ceiling treatment either.
We moved the XPL-200's and the Perraux to his room, which is a perfect square, 25x25 and they sounded beautiful, tight clean bass even at volume. Any suggestions as to what we should do to the living room to improve the sound. I did do a search and came up with bass traps, wall coverings and EQ fixes (I did play with the bass adjustment on the receiver, and while it tames the bloom, it taketh away too...).
Thanks!
Regis