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I actually just fired off an email to CSW detailing some of that.
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I think one of the speakers may be damaged. After using them casually since I've had them, I've noticed a deterioration in one of the main speakers a TI-500 Tower, the left subwoofer seems to be damaged. At the same speaker settings same wire config and same volume, the left speaker is making an unpleasant sound, where the right one is not. I think the voice coil is going on it, sounds like a rattle, loud semi high pitch "burp" it's not an overload "pop" though it did do that previously which is where I think it might have been damage, had it's range and output level shortened. It's more prominent on lower frequencies and higher volume. I can't even listen to the system at reference volume anymore without practically shutting that woofer off.
To clear up the wiring config they are in, I have them single wired (bridged) from left/right out to the speakers, then I have an RCA type sub out from amp to sub in on left, and a link L/R RCA going to link L/R on the right.
the amp settings for front are large and subwoofer yes, and my bass cut off is set to about -10db I believe which is where they perform ok without distortion problems. sub in control knob is currently set to 0db and bass contour on both were centered, and where it stays for most listening right now, if I approach reference it has to go to around -5db to keep the distortion out of that side only while right performs normally, while still somewhat unsatisfactorily).
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Now what i was thinking as a possable trade up/off is this:
a pair of Classic Tower and a p1000 subwoofer? Seems like a much better set of speakers, more power, more drivers, and purchased separately, about $100 less not on sale.
The only issues is then the Towers won't be driver matched to my mc500. Would I be better off with 2 more mc500's? The towers seem like they would make better main speakers to match the rest of the systems power, but I'm not sure how important driver matching is
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