Equipment info would be helpful.
As previous posters mentioned, you may have mono recording or simply mono switch on preamp.
As previous posters mentioned, you may have mono recording or simply mono switch on preamp.
Voice and instrument image bunched in the middle??
Hi Everyone, Thanks for all your suggestions. Have been trying to improve my system's SQ for a few months. Right now going the speaker repositioning/room treatment route. My system is as follows: Hyperion 938 Hyperion HT 88 (18 watt mono) Resolution Audio Opus 21 Cdp Grover Huffman interconnects (latest version) Supra 3.4 Ply Trying to get my system to image better...tighter focus. Seeking pointers on speaker repositioning. |
For everyone's info, the OP indicated in another thread that the room is only 10 x 14 x 10, and the walls are concrete. Also, the Hyperion 938 speakers are certainly substantial in size. Voices and instruments seem to be all bunched up in the middle of the soundstage....These two statements seem somewhat contradictory. Imaging that is unfocused (i.e., vague, diffuse, hard to localize) suggests that the speakers are connected out of phase relative to each other (i.e., with + and - reversed on ONE speaker). Imaging that is tightly bunched up in the center suggests that the connections are correct, but that your left ear is hearing too much sound from the right speaker, and your right ear is hearing too much sound from the left speaker. Given your room configuration, that is undoubtedly being contributed to by room reflections, and possibly also by listening from too great a distance relative to the distance between the speakers. Assuming that your connections are correct, and that the issues are not due to the particular recordings you are listening to, it could be that the only satisfactory solutions would be either treating the room very heavily, or changing to different (and most likely smaller) speakers. Good luck. Regards, -- Al |
Pcv123v, Hyperions 938 deliver excellent imaging in my room. My room is roughy 16'x 24'with speakers on long wall. Perhaps you need to defeat reflections in you room. Try placing something fuzzy on side walls. Use mirror on the wall to pinpoint exact position where you can see the speaker from listening position. It is also possible that speakers are too large for the room, as Al suggested, but it would be a loss to get rid of speakers that are known for excellent imaging (not to mention wonderful midrange). |