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Speakers sound too bright.

I just bought a new pair of Martin Logan 60xti speakers.  They are too bright and fatiguing.  I would like to avoid returning them.  I've tried toeing them in and out.  I cant get them further than 1ft away from the wall (back of speaker to wall).  I have a about 1-2 hrs of play time on them.  Not sure if break in will help settle the upper frequencies down. Any suggestions...?

rwalsh07
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One possibility. If these new speakers are 2-3db higher in sensitivity you may be playing them louder than the Kefs not realizing you need to lower the volume. Louder than normal levels can make mids and vocals a bit sharp or harsh.

Happened to me once. Upgraded speakers. Was testing them out on familiar music, but not remembering that I should have reduced the volume about 35% due to 3db increase in sensitivity. Once I realized this and lowered the volume I was very pleased with the sound which had sounded occasionally bright or sharp when I had the volume too high. 

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webking185
213 posts
 

I felt the same with the Klipsch RP 600M.  Sold them to someone else.

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pcrhkr
281 posts
 

Following the thread I understand you have no carpet no furnishings nothing to dampen the brightness of the speakers. The room is as important as the system.

If you put furnishings in the room it's going to affect the sound just as putting carpet on the floor or putting up damping material on the wall. Not very many systems are going to sound good in a bare room. Speakers also need to be broken in as stated by other people on the forum.

phd
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It all about matching the preamp and power amp to the speakers. You're not going to go out and buy a Krell amp for them speakers, yikes too bright. You can try different interconnects to change the sound as well, you know to soften up the sound and make it more musical. Try different things and if everything fails, take them speakers back for a refund.

mihorn
540 posts
 

All speakers in the world sound distorted and bright, except Wavetouch audio Antero speaker.

Compare Antero sound vs. Magico A-1, Focal Sopra No. 1, TAD Me1 below

Antero

https://youtu.be/LlYlIvmmg3c?si=EB_m8Mi5PRDD2vcJ&t=152

Magico - in video, Jay’s voice is perfectly natural. So, this is honest A1 sound.

https://youtu.be/iLQMNJi8JAs?si=7V-pIRiieDqu1_1B

Focal - People’s voice sound great in recording. So, this is real Sopra sound.

https://www.youtube.com/live/Msaq4kCYclw?si=lJMZFA1mufR9DUxM&t=830

TAD - Accuphase + DCS. (expensive!)

https://youtu.be/aAWLLMladgM?si=VMZwsUfb4R99zRCR

Alex/Wavetouch audio

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