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Dynaudio focus 360

I recently acquired a pair of Dynaudio focus 360's and hope there are folks here that have had these or similar Dynaudio's that can shed some light.

My system currently consist's of a Rega p6 and auralic vega1 into a  McIntosh mx110,to a adcom gfa5452 out to the focus 360's.

First off I know these speakers like a lot of power and currant,and I have plans to get a amp with 350 watts per channel.

Here is what is going on.

If I listen below 70% of my maximum listing volume,the sound falls flat on its face and sounds like a cheap radio with 4 inch speakers in it.

If I turn up to 80%,things sound much better,at least modern quality recordings.

Tunn up to 90%,things sound real good,until the singer backs off for a softer vocal delivery.Bam.The vocals fall way way back and way to low.

Same thing with electric guitar.As long as its playing lead up front in the mix it sounds good,but the rhythm guitar just melds into mush.No tight loud crunch where it normally is.

The vocals only sound clear and good when it is a sparse mix,with few instruments competing for space.

Then the vocals sound very very good.

One example:Alison Krauss Baby now that I Found You.

Stunning,I mean it sounded like she had walked up to me and was singing 3 feet from my face.

Please assure me these drop outs in mid-range and vocals will go away with big power and currant.

These speakers sound fantastic with acoustic instruments and drums.

They just can't reproduce electric instruments with the required oomph on my classic rock recordings.

They come close when I crank it to 100% of my listening volume,but still the krang of a Marshall stack is missing.

It is strange how when ever the vocals are just a little bit reserved the volume drops a lot and looses all body,even on the intro of a song.

I'am going to wait until I try these with the more powerful amp before I make my final judgement,just hoping I can get some encouragement here that all will be well.

Thanks

 

 

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twangy57
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twangy57 OP
221 posts
 

Thanks to everyone for your suggestion's

I have tried all the usual things,and the problem is mostly with the vocals.

I have been listening tonight with the volume up about 8/10ths,and they sound pretty good.

They sound great with funk and R&B,it's mostly rock.

It seems they just run out of power when everybody is jamming out,and then they fallback to bring it down for a softer passage,that's when it sounds like I turned the volume down to 2.

I have a new more powerful amp coming,so we will see.

 

jeffbij
243 posts
 

+1 with what @ghdprentice said.  The Adcom GFP-545 II (I'm assuming that is the model, not GFP-5452) most likely struggling.  It is around 30 years old and probably in need of a refurb or even failing completely.  (Are the distoration lights on the front flashing?)  

As for what to replace it with, while more watts is always nice, I would just want to make sure that the wattage comes close to doubling as you go from 8 ohms to 4 ohms.  (Example 100 watts @ 8 ohms to 200 watts @ 4 ohm)  That is an indicator that the amp a higher current model.  Also, with the Focus 360's, avoid going the direction of "bridging" a stereo amp to create a monoblock.  The Focus 360's are 4 ohm speakers and a bridged amp will see the load as 2 ohms, which is going to be harder for the amp to drive.

Good Luck.

-Jeff

 

devinplombier
852 posts
 

This is like the 6th thread OP had started on this subject. He's been told countless times to go audition speakers in person but no, he can't be bothered to drive to the big city and properly audition speakers. Instead he buys speakers based on YouTube videos.

In the immortal words of the immortal PIL song:

This is what you want

This is what you get

Now toss your garbage amp in the trash where it belongs and go get proper ones. It ain't gonna be cheap but it's gonna sound good. Good luck

twangy57 OP
221 posts
 
devinplombier

Thanks,that ’s really helpful.

 I have purchased a different amp(Conrad Johnson Premier 350),which I should get by the end of the month.

I was just asking if I could expect improvements in the area’s I described.

Sorry if my post annoyed you.

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