How old are the speakers? I wonder if you have a crossover issue somehow?
What is Happening?
I have been fighting an issue for months. I have very little highs in my system . I am specifically missing the Cymbals. Ride Cymbals and Hi Hats are very faint if there at all.
Here is my dilemma. when I replace my cables it gets better. Not as one would think though. As I replace cables with cheaper cables the high come back.
Speaker and Interconnect both. I have Wireworld Solstice speaker cables and Clear audio interconnects. I replaced them with cheap 12 guage speaker wire and the interconnects with Ultralink cables ($20).
The sound is better overall but specifically the highs.
Any idea why? May have cables to sell cheap.
Thanks,
Bill
I am using the following: Audio Research VS 55 Power amp
Audio Research SP 16 Preamp
Roksan Caspian CD player
Ariston Audio RD 11s Turntable
SME 3009 tonearm with Shure V 15 type III cartridge ,SAS stylus.
Quad 22L speakers
Here is my dilemma. when I replace my cables it gets better. Not as one would think though. As I replace cables with cheaper cables the high come back.
Speaker and Interconnect both. I have Wireworld Solstice speaker cables and Clear audio interconnects. I replaced them with cheap 12 guage speaker wire and the interconnects with Ultralink cables ($20).
The sound is better overall but specifically the highs.
Any idea why? May have cables to sell cheap.
Thanks,
Bill
I am using the following: Audio Research VS 55 Power amp
Audio Research SP 16 Preamp
Roksan Caspian CD player
Ariston Audio RD 11s Turntable
SME 3009 tonearm with Shure V 15 type III cartridge ,SAS stylus.
Quad 22L speakers
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If your speakers are a good couple years old or more, more than likely the ferrofluid in your tweeters has all but dried out. Check with Quad to be sure your tweeters use ferrofluid. If so, to refurbish, you may do the operation yourself, once you learn how to disassemble the tweeters, clean out the old residue and add some fresh fluid and reinstall. Or, you can remove the tweeters and send them to Quad (or to another speaker repair place you trust) and let them do that, if they do that sort of thing, many speaker companies do. Being a 'quart low' on fluid robs teeters of their power handling and there is a profound high end roll off. You don't really have to worry about it if you don't really listen Rilly loud, but the fluid keeps the voice coil cool (to allow more power), so if you push the volume too hard before the fix, you could blow them up. But the loss of highs is only temporary, top them off and they'll be good as new. |
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