chris21
05-31-2014, 10:10 AM
My repaired 4410A speakers are in production. I have them on 6" stands tilted up which allows me to get them pointed right at my main listening position. The soundstage center is about 3" off the ground, could be higher for sure. I tried them on 14" stands from my Energy 22's but they seemed too horizontally directional requiring you to sit down on the floor to get your ears in the right place. Anyway I will see if I can get the tilted back stands another 6" up and continue playing around in that regard. The mid and HF drivers are 10 feet apart and the listening position is 10 feet back when I move the left speaker to the right place which means I have to turn the gas fireplace off! The room is small and carpeted.
They are powered by a nice Marantz 125w 5.1 AV receiver. They are the mains in the system. I use the Audyssey(sp) system in the Marantz to dial in the 5.1 sound. I have an MK V125 subwoofer in the system. For listening to vinyl and CD audio I have the Marantz on "Pure Direct" bypassing all circuits except the volume control. I have the sub wired to the "B" speakers and can add it when desired.
Here are some questions:
1) Way back when I bought the main speaker cables I got some decent Audioquest cables but for some reason, after reading various things I got them much longer than needed, like 20' for some reason. Is it worth cutting them down to just whats needed?
2) is the 125w per channel in Marantz enough to enable these to sound their best?
3) Given the other gear I have like the UREI 6260 is there anything else I could do which might be better? Is there any other piece of gear which might help?
Thanks to those who helped with advice in my thread that I started in the wrong section!
They are powered by a nice Marantz 125w 5.1 AV receiver. They are the mains in the system. I use the Audyssey(sp) system in the Marantz to dial in the 5.1 sound. I have an MK V125 subwoofer in the system. For listening to vinyl and CD audio I have the Marantz on "Pure Direct" bypassing all circuits except the volume control. I have the sub wired to the "B" speakers and can add it when desired.
Here are some questions:
1) Way back when I bought the main speaker cables I got some decent Audioquest cables but for some reason, after reading various things I got them much longer than needed, like 20' for some reason. Is it worth cutting them down to just whats needed?
2) is the 125w per channel in Marantz enough to enable these to sound their best?
3) Given the other gear I have like the UREI 6260 is there anything else I could do which might be better? Is there any other piece of gear which might help?
Thanks to those who helped with advice in my thread that I started in the wrong section!