so I let the amp run for about 10 hours yesterday. I started listening to it today morning and it had fair amount of bass that was non existent before. the speakers are next to the wall (ports facing the wall 1ft away). The room is treated. The same speakers produced ample bass during the audition at the dealers place but I am assuming the dealer's amp was already run in for hundreds of hours. I am probably going to go with the less number of hours I have put on it. It just sounded so bland and bleh that i was never interested in listening to it once i got it home. Oh well - gotta keep listening to it in order to get it to open up I guess.
Thanks for all the inputs guys I highly appreciate your time and effort to help me. I will still check the room and see if it needs any more further treatment as advised.
Hegel H160 and Focal Electra 1008Be sounding bass-less
Hi -
When I had auditioned the H160 at the dealer with the same set of speakers it sounded gorgeous with meaty bass even on the bookshelves. When i received the new H160 6 years ago we thought it would open up eventually but its been 6 years and about 50 hours or so on it and yet it continues to remain dry. Any clues what might be going on. Also recently I had crackling in the left channel for which I had to drop it off at the service center to get it fixed. I have another Marantz built like a tank and have owned it for 15 years+ with no trouble. Not sure if there are any similar issues folks are seeing with Hegel in general.
Thx