Uh, the plot thickens. 😬
Ears hurt when listening after changing speakers
For years I had multiple models of Maggies and Martin Logan speakers. I could play them very loud with no problems with my ears. A few months ago I purchased the Rockport Aviors and now when I listen at moderate to high levels my ears start to hurt. Anyone one else experience this when changing speakers and would like thoughts on how to resolve other than turning the volume down. I do love the Rockport.
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The Rockport loudspeakers have a much greater top end extension than the Martin Logan's Martin Logans like most electrostatic loudspeakers have a polite top end with a much greater fullness in the midrange. A warmer dac or changing cables might help, the Rockports are a very revealing loudspeaker. What is the rest of your system? Dave and Troy Audio Doctor NJ |
teo_audio reduction in spl vs seating distance is almost perfectly linear with panel speakers and is almost exponential with point source speakers.Huh? How can that possibly be? Have you actually measured this? Also, there are panel speakers that are also point sources, so how does that factor into your equation? |
" The new speakers have a wider dispersion. " Imo there may well be a correlation between WHERE the dispersion is wide and WHAT lourdes is hearing. According to Stereophile's measurements, the Rockports are dead flat on-axis. This means they inevitably have excess off-axis energy at the bottom end of the tweeter's range, and sure enough, we see an off-axis energy flare around 3 kHz, accompanied by a corresponding bump in the in-room response in that region. Duke |
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