I took the initial responses as mostly negative aimed at the OP for no good reason. Why address whether he named the manufacturer or not. Or whether his definition of lemon stands up to yours. Or whether he hooked it up correctly.
the main point he asked is whether anyone else experienced out of the box components that were just not right.
i bought a pair of speakers that took everyone by storm, won awards, all reviewers, shows...everyone proclaimed how wonderful they were.
got them and they were just wrong in bass. I listened for months, then a year trying to convince myself the bass is there, it’s just more “elegant”.
spoke to the manufacturer who likened it to someone that’s been drinking coffee with too much sugar. Saying When you at first bring the sugar level to normal it doesn’t taste sweet enough. Once you get used to it, it not only tastes sweet enough but you get the real flavor of coffee. I struggled to appreciate the “correct” level of bass for several months more.
at this point in my response I’m sure there are a handful of readers here thinking “did you move the speakers around to improve bass, or maybe you had it hooked up wrong, or maybe your amp is the culprit. Save it.
internet searching on the bass of these speakers turned up mostly rave reviews but a good handful of owners saying they had to add a subwoofer to make it sound right, that the bass was lacking.
i put the Speakers aside for a year and tried some other brands. Every once in a while went back and hooked up the bad speakers hoping in their sleep something might have self corrected.
finally decided to try fixing them, sent woofers out to test and repair if needed. No change. Looked at crossover and played with connections, no change. Finally lucked into changing the phase of the woofers from the rest of the drivers. Whammo! Everything clicked in and magic came out of those speakers.
a simple listening session at the factory by the QA person before shipping should have revealed something was wrong. Based on internet posts, there were a handful of other sets shipped with the wiring wrong.
lemons? Indeed!
the main point he asked is whether anyone else experienced out of the box components that were just not right.
i bought a pair of speakers that took everyone by storm, won awards, all reviewers, shows...everyone proclaimed how wonderful they were.
got them and they were just wrong in bass. I listened for months, then a year trying to convince myself the bass is there, it’s just more “elegant”.
spoke to the manufacturer who likened it to someone that’s been drinking coffee with too much sugar. Saying When you at first bring the sugar level to normal it doesn’t taste sweet enough. Once you get used to it, it not only tastes sweet enough but you get the real flavor of coffee. I struggled to appreciate the “correct” level of bass for several months more.
at this point in my response I’m sure there are a handful of readers here thinking “did you move the speakers around to improve bass, or maybe you had it hooked up wrong, or maybe your amp is the culprit. Save it.
internet searching on the bass of these speakers turned up mostly rave reviews but a good handful of owners saying they had to add a subwoofer to make it sound right, that the bass was lacking.
i put the Speakers aside for a year and tried some other brands. Every once in a while went back and hooked up the bad speakers hoping in their sleep something might have self corrected.
finally decided to try fixing them, sent woofers out to test and repair if needed. No change. Looked at crossover and played with connections, no change. Finally lucked into changing the phase of the woofers from the rest of the drivers. Whammo! Everything clicked in and magic came out of those speakers.
a simple listening session at the factory by the QA person before shipping should have revealed something was wrong. Based on internet posts, there were a handful of other sets shipped with the wiring wrong.
lemons? Indeed!