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Onkyo receiver with Rti-A5 speakers
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<blockquote data-quote="alkit" data-source="post: 98537" data-attributes="member: 2670"><p>Thanks a mil again for the help!</p><p></p><p>I actually bought the speakers through a retailer that isn't in Joburg (he gave great advice tho, and was very helpful during my buying process), so I can't really get him to come take a look unless I fly him down.</p><p></p><p>I did some experimenting today - Invited 2 friends over and asked them what their opinion was. They actually couldn't notice anything wrong. Even when I pointed out the "brightness" issue, they said the highs and lows all sound equal.</p><p>I then connected my old set of floorstanders (10 year old Pioneers), and they produced very similar high frequencies when I played the same source material. So as you said, probably not the fault of the speakers. My old Pioneer receiver (also 10 years old) must have been a very warm sounding receiver, so I guess I'm very sensitive to the brighter sound from my new Onkyo+Polk setup.</p><p></p><p>What I did notice however (once my friends had left):</p><p>When my friends were here, I only played music in stereo. As soon as I played the music in 'mono' mode (ie only the center and sub were active), the sound became exceptionally brighter. This is even with Audyssey active.</p><p></p><p>Can you recommend any alternative placing of the center to reduce the brightness of it, as I think that may be the biggest bottleneck in the system, and that could also be what I'm picking up during movie dialogue.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="alkit, post: 98537, member: 2670"] Thanks a mil again for the help! I actually bought the speakers through a retailer that isn't in Joburg (he gave great advice tho, and was very helpful during my buying process), so I can't really get him to come take a look unless I fly him down. I did some experimenting today - Invited 2 friends over and asked them what their opinion was. They actually couldn't notice anything wrong. Even when I pointed out the "brightness" issue, they said the highs and lows all sound equal. I then connected my old set of floorstanders (10 year old Pioneers), and they produced very similar high frequencies when I played the same source material. So as you said, probably not the fault of the speakers. My old Pioneer receiver (also 10 years old) must have been a very warm sounding receiver, so I guess I'm very sensitive to the brighter sound from my new Onkyo+Polk setup. What I did notice however (once my friends had left): When my friends were here, I only played music in stereo. As soon as I played the music in 'mono' mode (ie only the center and sub were active), the sound became exceptionally brighter. This is even with Audyssey active. Can you recommend any alternative placing of the center to reduce the brightness of it, as I think that may be the biggest bottleneck in the system, and that could also be what I'm picking up during movie dialogue. [/QUOTE]
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