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Bloated bass and the panasonic digital receiver

I bought a panny to give to my Dad, but have it hooked up right now just for fun on my big rig. It sounds pretty good but the bass is bloated/loose. I am running a philips 963 via monster digital cable to the panny. I have it on party mode to give each speaker 200wpc. The upsampler is off. I set it to front right and left speakers only. Bass synthesizer is off.Any thoughts?
streetdaddy
reubent
6,939 posts
 
The most experience I've observed concerning the new Panny Digital Receivers is over at www.audiocircle.com. Check out the digital domain forum and the BolderCable manufacturesrs forum. There are lots of folks there using the Panny XR25 and XR45 for HT and 2-channel using "party mode".

Is it possible that the Panny is not happy with the load provided by your "big rig" speaker? If I remember correctly, the Panny is going to be more happy with an 8 ohm speaker.

I'll caution that, as always, these highly hyped "product of the week" might be very good values, but they generally don't hold up to truely hi-end products. I owned the Panny SA-XR45 and it was a very good reciever for $300, but it didn't hold a candle to my "real system"!!!

Enjoy,

TIC
pragmatist
336 posts
 
Did you experiment with speaker placement? Are they too close to the walls or corners or both?
streetdaddy OP
349 posts
 
I've got the new xr50 model. Speaker placement is 3.5 ft from front wall. The piega's are said to like high current/power. They dip to 4 ohms. That's prolly the problem. Like i said, i'm giving this to my father pretty soon. I'm waiting for the release of the new concerto integrated. I was using the Belles 250i integrated before this and it sounded much better. I think it's a good amp but not a replacement for a high quality 2 channel amp.
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