1. PLACEMENT
a few feet away from rear and side walls. Toed In, AND Sloped Back: to avoid initial and reflected sound waves parallel to room surfaces.
sloped back:
a. aim tweeters to seated ear height of listening position
b. woofers angled a bit above floor surface
c. slanted back is similar to speakers specifically designed with ’time- aligned’ front panels. (highs travel faster than lows).
2. LOUDNESS you mentioned ’LOUDNESS OFF’.
Are you talking about a specific loudness feature/filter/switch?
’LOUDNESS’ controls introduce bass boost only intended for low volume listening. It should not be engaged at normal listening volumes. OFF is normal. It is implemented in various methods, not always intuitive leading to inadvertent misapplication.
What is your equipment’s model #?
When set OFF, is there still too much bass?
3. PORT.
I would definitely listen to something very familiar with loudness on and then off. After that, I would temporarily plug the ports, listen again carefully.
I am not a fan of ports, especially if you are experiencing too much, boomy, muddy bass.
4. BASS/TREBLE Controls
Idealists prefer pure signal path, minimum wires, filters, controls ...
Your case is not ideal, and, any time a port is plugged up, the bass control might be the last factor to achieve best mix with midrange driver/crossover which was calculated with the port open.
a few feet away from rear and side walls. Toed In, AND Sloped Back: to avoid initial and reflected sound waves parallel to room surfaces.
sloped back:
a. aim tweeters to seated ear height of listening position
b. woofers angled a bit above floor surface
c. slanted back is similar to speakers specifically designed with ’time- aligned’ front panels. (highs travel faster than lows).
2. LOUDNESS you mentioned ’LOUDNESS OFF’.
Are you talking about a specific loudness feature/filter/switch?
’LOUDNESS’ controls introduce bass boost only intended for low volume listening. It should not be engaged at normal listening volumes. OFF is normal. It is implemented in various methods, not always intuitive leading to inadvertent misapplication.
What is your equipment’s model #?
When set OFF, is there still too much bass?
3. PORT.
I would definitely listen to something very familiar with loudness on and then off. After that, I would temporarily plug the ports, listen again carefully.
I am not a fan of ports, especially if you are experiencing too much, boomy, muddy bass.
4. BASS/TREBLE Controls
Idealists prefer pure signal path, minimum wires, filters, controls ...
Your case is not ideal, and, any time a port is plugged up, the bass control might be the last factor to achieve best mix with midrange driver/crossover which was calculated with the port open.