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Parsifal Encore Bass/Low midrange

Greetings,

Recently heard the above at a local dealer. They admitted they had standing wave problems in their room. Even so, I heard significant booming in the upper bass, very poorly controlled (on Krell, no less!). This definitely extended into the lower midrange, and I was very sad to hear poor sound in what I hoped would be a transcendent experience.

Also, in my listening situation, I would need to have the bass units facing forward. Any owners have experiences of reversing Verity's rec'd orientation?

Thanks,

Rick
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norfish
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Rick, I'm really surprised by what you heard. In my moderate sized room with some sound treatment (5 ASC tube traps, RPG diffusor behind the speakers, and Argent room lenses), the bass is not boomy at all. It extends a bit below 30 Hz and is quite musically well integrated into the midrange. With the woofers facing behind, there is no discernable break between the midrange and the woofer.

Did you hear an old pair of Encores or the newer Ovations?

Randy
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norfish
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Another possibility is that the speakers were not broken in. It takes about 600 hours to break in the bass. Until then, it is not well integrated with the mids and can sound a bit dry.

Randy
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