Richard_s
Second Unit
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Many of you helped me with excellent information on bookshelf speakers which I auditioned. I ultimately chose the JBL N26 for the two fronts and the N-center for the center. Will get a sony sa-wm40 as soon as someone local gets them in stock.
First let me say that what I was trying to acheive is improving the midrange performance over my Bose am-7's and the JBL setup that I have does this exceptionally well. Music is outstanding especially instrumentals. Crisp clear and fills the room with excellent imaging on center (stereo mode only for the music). Just what I wanted.
Voice is quite good but the N26's and the N-center exhibit a mild and moderately anoying "hot'S's" issue. The odd thing is that the N24's that I tested in my house before buying the N26's had absolutely no "hot'S's at all. It is there with vocals and TV news and shows both female and some male dialogue.
My question What causes "hot'S's is to try to understand how I might be able to reduce the "hot'S'" for dialog and vocals other than getting different speakers. A few comments from previous posts not sure if they apply to the "hot'S's" issue:
First let me say that what I was trying to acheive is improving the midrange performance over my Bose am-7's and the JBL setup that I have does this exceptionally well. Music is outstanding especially instrumentals. Crisp clear and fills the room with excellent imaging on center (stereo mode only for the music). Just what I wanted.
Voice is quite good but the N26's and the N-center exhibit a mild and moderately anoying "hot'S's" issue. The odd thing is that the N24's that I tested in my house before buying the N26's had absolutely no "hot'S's at all. It is there with vocals and TV news and shows both female and some male dialogue.
My question What causes "hot'S's is to try to understand how I might be able to reduce the "hot'S'" for dialog and vocals other than getting different speakers. A few comments from previous posts not sure if they apply to the "hot'S's" issue:
As the speakers break-in (about 50 hours or so), they will sound even sweeter!
Does this mean they mellow and maybe the "hot'S's" may improve over time or will they just get brighter making the problem worse.
I also read that some Receiver brands accentuate this issue more than others. In the store they ran the N26's using a Yamaha HT5250 and the speakers did not seem to have the "hot'S's" issue but they were definitely brighter than the N24's. The N'24's though are definitely lacking for instrumentals due to the lack of the brightness of the tweeter. There in lies the dilemna how to have great vocals and music. I will say though that the speakers in the store I am sure have well over 50hrs of use they told me that they have been hooked up for at least 6 months.
The JBL speakers I got from JandR they told me were just received from the factory in the last few weeks. I am wondering if JBL changed the tweeter some (no facts to back this just a what if..maybe the mark II's have a newer tweeter design and they are using them in the newer manufactured N26)
Overall these speakers great now if I can just resolve the "hot'S's" issue they will be outstanding.
BTW my reciever (to be replaced soon) has a treble rolloff at 10khz in -2db increments up to -8db can this help without ruining the overall sound. I have no idea what frequency the "hot'S's" are in. New reciver help if I get the right one/brand??
Thanks ALL