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New amps
Hi,
Is it ever necessary to move speakers when installing new amplifiers into a system. I am aware that when you buy new speakers, you need to determine where you get the best sound with them. But has anyone ever found the need to change speaker placement when changing an amplifier from the exact same system?
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As a dealer who has had to swap equipment often, yes, repositioning the speakers after an amp change (or other component or cable change) may help to improve your overall system performance. This is because no item is linear. Every change shifts the tone coming out of the speakers. If you make a change and have an increase in one subset of frequencies, that affects balance and reflections in the room. Typically the placement adjustments are subtle but worthwhile to achieving the optimal experience. For this reason also I no longer believe in swapping a component out and seeing which is better. Living with a piece and trying to design the system with it in mind helps to further uncover its strengths and weaknesses to the rest of your system.
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@tony1954 the speakers are positioned to beat interact with the room, but that also matters on what comes out of them, where an amp has a profound impact. Often in an upgrade path, a person may replace their amp with one that delivers more across the spectrum, added harmonics / richness, stronger bass due to amp confidence and control, etc. Sometimes it may be necessary to adjust the speaker from this. Sometimes, it is slight, and other times, it is more profound. To add to my previous posts, amps are not always linear. And more so, how they interact with a speaker given the speaker’s impedance may affect its linearity. So if the sound output shifts, the way it interacts with the room also shifts. |