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| How good is your hearing ? And how do you know ? Having begun to experience hearing loss and concomitant tinnitus in my 60s, I finally opted fir a set of (relatively) high-end Phonaks, which were computer-tuned to audio spectrum of greatest loss, round 4000 Hz, +/- 500 Hz. Listening to a variet... | |
| Whole House Mains Wiring -- Ping: Jea48 (Jim) -- & ALL Others for your HELP! Have to agree with fisher_400 here, as after moving in to our recently completed house, I saw the need for a dedicated 20A circuit for our “entertainment centre”, which housed telly and all the stereo gear, incl. powered sub. Installed a 20A brea... | |
| Can cables of any cost and quality provide bass response missing in my B&W speakers? Per thread in "Speakers, new surrounds have given new life to the CM-4s, excellent bass/hi-bass/midrange, and speakers up and running. Using some rilly old Monster cables temporarily, have ordered from Douglas Connections Furez 4x12awg pure Cu wi... | |
| Dude, where's my bass? Oh, lost to stiffened rubber surrounds...who knew? Re: SimplySpeakers replacement surrounds: the material of the new surrounds differs from original in color (black, slight shine), more supple, and "soft" to the touch. I emailed SS to enquire about the composition of the replacements, but haven'... | |
| Dude, where's my bass? Oh, lost to stiffened rubber surrounds...who knew? Well, thanks to all the responses pointing me toward on-line sources for either speaker/driver repairs or replacement surrounds. After considering shipping costs, repair and materials fees, etc, I opted for a first-pass DIY approach, as I am a bi... | |
| Can cables of any cost and quality provide bass response missing in my B&W speakers? Also, an Ebay seller called Maze Audio sells paired “litz” speaker cable (poss. 9awg equivalent, not specified in ad), 9ft., terminated, for $240. | |
| Can cables of any cost and quality provide bass response missing in my B&W speakers? There’s an outfit called KnuKonceptz that sell a Kimber VS-series knockoff called “Krux cable”: 2x8 18awg braided conductors @ 8awg +/- and selling as raw cable for $5.49/ft. A 12awg braided version per Kimble 4-VS also available @ $3.25/ft. | |
| Can cables of any cost and quality provide bass response missing in my B&W speakers? mtrot: initially I ws convinced that all four woofer/midrange cones had “bad” surrounds, but closer examination seems to implicate only the one midrange surround, which just completely disintegrated with trying to remove from cone. Hope I in fact ... | |
| Can cables of any cost and quality provide bass response missing in my B&W speakers? Cable evaluation suspended until I can have one of the high-bass/midrange cones refoamed! Existing surround lost its elasticity and in fact cracked in several places after gentle probing with finger...don't think I ever removed cloth driver cove... | |
| Dude, where's my bass? Oh, lost to stiffened rubber surrounds...who knew? Thanks all for your suggestions...will contact Millersound to arrange for refoaming...cheers. | |
| Dude, where's my bass? Oh, lost to stiffened rubber surrounds...who knew? Double posting...if there is a moderator, pls remove...cheers. | |
| Can cables of any cost and quality provide bass response missing in my B&W speakers? re:jafant...You’ve clocked it, mate, the CM-4s don’t come close to the 800 series...but neither does the price...it is what it is. | |
| Can cables of any cost and quality provide bass response missing in my B&W speakers? Whoa, it’s a fair cop, totally wrong about Al residential wiring re:NEC...just retailing anecdotal hearsay when our then 50s-vintage house was getting totally rewired in late 70s....however, Al cable from mid-60s-early 70s was really not reliable ... | |
| Can cables of any cost and quality provide bass response missing in my B&W speakers? Strictly OT, but FWIW...“cleeds”...back in the day CCA was in fact the “go-to” residential conductor wire...however, because of well-documented hazards with this wire (mainly due to its adverse expansion- contraction properties under normal elec... | |
| Can cables of any cost and quality provide bass response missing in my B&W speakers? One last thought from the OP here: a thread on AudioKarma caught my eye just today, where a commenter has both the CM-4 and a/d/s L1090 speakers, and also finds that the CM-4 is rather thin in bass, especially doing an A/B test v. L1090. Exactly ... |