Use a flashlight or 9V battery to test phase. The woofer should move the same direction for both speakers.
Sloppy, muted bass response on Hegel h190
Hi, I have a Hegel h190 integrated, a pair of Kef 104/2's from 1985 that have been rebuilt but I don't know whem, the speakers have new donuts and new silver Kef tweeter. I mostly use the sonus connect. Also I have a 15-year-old Sony sacd disc player. I'm getting low, sloppy bass when I play either cd or wifi. This is the second amp. The first one exhibited same issue. Same amps. New.
I only have one set of speakers. I am thinking perhaps a capacitor in Kefs? This amp should have solid punchy bass, but it is not there. Speaker cables are blue jean 10 ga banana plugs. IC are blue jean also. I am at a loss. I heard the demo Hegel played on these components and it was fabulous.
any thoughts? I hate to sell everything and start over, but I am at that point.
thank you
I only have one set of speakers. I am thinking perhaps a capacitor in Kefs? This amp should have solid punchy bass, but it is not there. Speaker cables are blue jean 10 ga banana plugs. IC are blue jean also. I am at a loss. I heard the demo Hegel played on these components and it was fabulous.
any thoughts? I hate to sell everything and start over, but I am at that point.
thank you
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Ahhh, well based on this review: http://www.hifi-classic.net/review/kef-model-104-2-477.html I could see you getting that. Before you go nuts, try the reverse speaker test. Put 1 or both speakers at your listening location, then walk around possible speaker locations until you hear the best bass. Then, of course, reverse. |