I thought the same with my new Luxma. The rear speaker jacks were laid out differently than my previous FirstWatt. I had one speaker wired backwards.
WAITAMINIT! Center stage disappeared with a Modwright KWA 150SE and Daedalus Athena V.2?!
The Madness! My Plinius SA201 presented a big beautiful well imaged stage with the Daedalus Athena V.2. It was shipped and sold. 4 days later, the Modwright KWA 150SE reco'ed by Lou Hinkey took it's place and the center stage is nowhere to be found! I've rotated cables and repositioned the speaker 6 inches back and forth and toed them in with no change. I haven't rolled in new tubes in my preamp or DAC yet...It partially refocused for a moment but now is gone, baby, gone.
Anyone out there have experience with this? I imagine it's solvable....
Help a man out, brothers and sister.
Pre: Supratek Syrah, DAC: AMR DP777SE
Wellllll - the left was out of phase and now back in and the sound is sublime. HUGE well imaged and layered stage. Daedalus Athena/Modwright KWA150SE/Supratek Syrah stitched together with Dynamic Design cabling - the TBK Nebula IC's and SC's are jaw-droppingly good... Ohmystarsandgarters My current system sounds head and shoulders better than anything I've ever had. . |
@facten I would think having one speaker out of phase with the other would be much more noticeable than having them both out of phase. |
@budburma I'm glad to hear you're enjoying your system now. Modwright makes good stuff. I really enjoyed my LS100 preamp and had to make a significant jump to better it. |
@ibmjunkman would that I could! glad you have the funds for that! happily, it was only a minor adjustment. @big_greg more to come, but really fabulous - my system is at a level i've not heard, am not used to and am extremely happy with! the speakers, amp and cabling have all been upgrades by some significant steps. the modwright is more present, open and involving with equal and equally tuneful bass. the plinius was a bit too warm and a little subdued for the already relaxed daedalus character. lou was kind to recommend and, at first blush, right as rain.... |
@budburma Glad you figured it out! How does it sound now? |
@facten From the LS100 manual: "Design is phase inverting and this may be addressed by reversing polarity at both speaker cables, either at amp(s) or speakers." |
@big_greg "Don’t know about your unit, but my LS100 MW preamp had the phase inverted by design. Reverse polarity on speaker cables as suggested." I have the same preamp and was never told this. Aside from the LS100 I also have the KWA100SE, the speaker posts clearly indicate with red and black the connections not sure why the KWA150SE would be any different. Both units were purchased in 2011 |
Good morning. You were all right! Thank you so much, I appreciate your help. My Modwright is an older model without the high/low pass switch and has the L and R terminals oriented in the same direction rather than mirrored like the more recent ones. I put my cables on by feel and, without a manual available, was using one the on-line version which had the mirrored arrangement. So, the polarity was reversed on the left side. Anyway, blessings and thank you's - enjoy the tunes and the long weekend! |