Help . . . I’m dumber than my active speakers!


Bought a pair of Dutch & Dutch 8C because I was curious about active speakers. Have read many great reviews and comments, so my expectations were high. Set them up with their app, inputting their distance from the front wall, sidewalls, and listening chair. They are a Roon endpoint, so the source is a Roon Nucleus on my network. They cannot touch my main system and I think I’m doing something wrong. They are not as dynamic as I expected. They have great bass. I’ve read that they have a wide soundstage, but these do not. In fact, they lack dimensionality in my opinion.  I’ve never used REW, but I’m thinking I should get a microphone and give it a try. Any thoughts?
 

The digital side of my main system is:

dCS Bartök Apex

Audio Research Ref 6SE into

Parasound JC1 monoblocks

Wilson Yvette loudspeakers

Transparent Ultra Gen 6 balanced interconnects and speaker cables

Nordost Red Dawn power cords

Carpeted floor over concrete with no other room treatments 

kcpellethead

Hi kcpellethead,

I think your 8c's are not performing the way they could. Please reach out to me on info@dutchdutch.com. I'd be happy to help you get the most out of your 8c's. 

Best regards,

Martijn Mensink

Dutch & Dutch

I know the active dsp speakers (I own a pair of Meridian DSP8000se) have the advantage of measuring perfectly, but sometimes I wonder if it's the non linearities in speakers that set them apart, what makes me favor one against another? 

does the D&D have optional settings you can save? Try a couple different eq's before relisting them, and worst case you shouldn't lose much relisting considering you bought them used.