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How much burn-in for Soliloquy 5.3s

Hi,

I recently purchased a demo pair of Soliloquy 5.3s, which I figured might have enough hours on them (dealer said he thought they had about 50 hrs) to sound reasonably good out of the box. Wrong! They sound absolutely horrible; very compressed, bass muddy and distant, treble subdued to the point of being almost not existant. At one point I actually thought the tweeter was nonfunctional since I could barely hear any extension at all. I hope I didn't make a big mistake. Anyway, I am hoping that folks out there with experience with these might be able shed some light (sound!) on what I can expect.
cody_the_cat
jax2
3,031 posts
 
Yes, the story was that Soliloquy ran out of drivers, but still had some of the older cabinets with squared off corners (non-i). So for those remainders and some of the B-stocks offered by them and their dealers (Underwood amongh others) they combined the older cabinets with the guts from the new i version. I would assume the crossover is also the newer version, but one would have to confirm that with Soliloquy. The new cabinets have rounded corners, and are made from slightly thicker MDF materials (I believe they are 1.25 inch as oppsed to 1 inch). Don't know if this was a line being fed to a friend of mine who got one of those Frankenstein versions, but he actually phoned Soliloquy to get the scoop from them after receiving it. They told him the squared off version of the cabinets were actually more difficult and expensive to build. I'd find that difficult to believe, but I'm no woodworker either. Obviously they believe their new drivers and crossover to be superior in some ways to the older stuff. I have not done an A/B with my friend, but may try it some day. Great speakers either way!

Marco
boss302
110 posts
 
Cody, I got the 6.3's last September. I've got a tuner and had them going for 4 weeks 24/7. It took longer than that for the sound to really fill out. I use Purist Musaeus Shotgun BiWire for my speaker cables. They work very well in my system.
jimd
50 posts
 
Cody, I believe that David Berman the owner of Soliloquy recommended Analysis Plus products because of the synergy generated with the internal wiring of his speakers being Analysis Plus. I switched my speaker cables to AP as well as my interconnects. I am now using AP Solo Crystal interconnects instead of my Nordost Red Dawns. They just sounded better with my speakers. David Berman also said that I should try Analysis Plus Silver Oval speaker cable for the Tweeter and Mids. He likes silver for the tweeter and mids and copper cables for the bass. Jim
rysa4
266 posts
 
JimD- Is that for the new "i" models or the older ones that Cody has?

I believe that the wiring used has changed, but I am not sure.
jimd
50 posts
 
Rysa4, The model that Cody has were manufactured in 1999. I believe that they have Analysis Plus internal wiring. I'm not sure if Soliloquy has changed the internal wiring on their newest "i" models. Jim
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