I have NOVA V's and I am not happy


I have a Mark Levinson 585 and a pair of Sonus Faber Olympica Nova V's and although I admittedly have some room acoustic issues that I am working on I am not happy with the sound. 

I listen to music LOUD. This Pairing thru a pair of Kimber Cable 8TC's gets bright in what I think is the 2 to 4 khz range and the sonus faber nova's seem to mute the lower end of female vocals, artist like Macy Gray or Tina Turner dont seem to have the same drive in the lower octaves. At the same time the upper end of vocals like Sheryl Crow can get too bright and cause fatigue (I am assuming this is in the 2 to 4khz range) I have tried every speaker placement you can think of, toe in, toe out. distance from front wall and I am adding acoustic treatments as fast as they can be shipped. 

Here is my question, I had Mark Levinson 436 Mono Blocks in the past connected to a pair of B&W Nautilus 802's thru a pair of MIT Shotgun bi-wire speaker cables and I never noticed that system to be bright. Granted that system was in a different room in a different house. Everyone is telling me that B&W is a brighter sounding  speaker by far over Sonus Faber. If I decide after all my room treatments that I am not a fan of the Sonus Faber sound where should I turn for my replacement speaker? Or is it Mark Levinson's Fault? I want Rich Lush Loud Musical sound. I like a decent sound stage, I also really love it when when you hear decay from the instruments. I don't really care if that's what is neutral or not that's what I like :) 

Where did I go wrong and what can I do to fix it?

Thanks Lee

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Showing 9 responses by grislybutter

SF isn't as great as the myth, but probably great enough with the right equipment. For sure the best looking speaker design and easy to (re)sell.

seems like giant speakers for a small room. But I would go easy on him, he is here for advice not ridiculing

I have never seen more passive aggressive parenting on a forum. The OP can do whatever he wants with the advice, he is not your kid or slave to follow through with it and do exactly as you say. It's his ear, his equipment, his happiness.

@arafiq it doesn't make a big difference what the asking price is, Half the people will offer 6K and half of them will try to resell it. If he's lucky, someone will be in the market for this exact model, and happily pay 13K

I know enough about projectors, had them for 20 years but thank you. I started downloading the internet, I will explore it when it completes.

@yyzsantabarbara probably the most incoherent rambling about projectors I ever read, I will never get those brain cells back

 

@romanesq exactly. He will be doing what he thinks is best for him, there is no need for calling him hopeless.