BIC Acoustech

[Rtstrider]

Hey I've got the old BIC Acoustech series speaker system. The one with the copper colored cones with the black dust caps on them. I'm looking for speakers that provide a much fuller sound now. These speakers are great, with awesome highs, but I would love to have a little more mid/low end also. I have tried all the configurations I can think of. I want to be able to feel the movies I am watching. Are they any better budget speakers for this, or am I looking at something along the lines of the Klipsch Reference series now?

 

[Rtstrider]

Forgot to ask in the previous post, has anyone reviewed the new Bic Acoustech PL 89s?

 

[Matt34]

Hey I've got the old BIC Acoustech series speaker system. The one with the copper colored cones with the black dust caps on them. I'm looking for speakers that provide a much fuller sound now. These speakers are great, with awesome highs, but I would love to have a little more mid/low end also. I have tried all the configurations I can think of. I want to be able to feel the movies I am watching. Are they any better budget speakers for this, or am I looking at something along the lines of the Klipsch Reference series now?

If your wanting to stay in that price catergory I recommend the Infinity P362. I found them to delievery the midrange much more fuller and life like than the HT-75 when comparing them side by side.

 

[Rtstrider]

Have you heard the new acoustech pl 89s? Are they more well balanced than the old Acoustech speakers?

 

[tom67]

If you like the basic sound and the highs, its bass you want....why not concentrate on a better sub?

 

[Rtstrider]

Well I have the Klipsch Synergy 12" sub. But I'm missing the mid range quite a bit. Any eq recommendations?

 

[tom67]

If your receiver has EQ settings, experiment with them and see....and fool around with all your speaker settings and see if you can enhance the mid range the way you like it...if you are talking about problems hearing dialog on movies or tv, thats another subject......

 

[skers_54]

You might want to play with speaker positioning or even changing your listening position. The room has huge effects on lower frequencies and you could be sitting in a null.

 

[jinjuku]

If your receiver has an auto EQ routine (did it come with a microphone?) you should really run it and see what happens.

What receiver do you have?

 

[Rtstrider]

Hey it did come with a Mic, but I've moved 4 times in the past year and a half so finding it would be like finding a needle in a haystack.

 

[jinjuku]

Hey it did come with a Mic, but I've moved 4 times in the past year and a half so finding it would be like finding a needle in a haystack.

Well, ordering a replacement or finding your current mic is cheaper than replacing speakers. Even if you did replace your speakers you will still need a mic to calibrate with.

 

[Rtstrider]

I've calibrated with a db meter already. But how do you go about calibrating eq settings other than by ear? Is there really any systematic way of doing it?

 

[skers_54]

I've calibrated with a db meter already. But how do you go about calibrating eq settings other than by ear? Is there really any systematic way of doing it?

Not by ear. If your receiver allows manual adjustment of its eq, then you could measure the FR and use the eq to kill any peaks. Your spl meter won't be as accurate as the calibration mic your receiver came with though. Many receivers also are able to use many more bands/filters to eq the sound with the auto setup routine than manual setup.

 

[jinjuku]

I've calibrated with a db meter already. But how do you go about calibrating eq settings other than by ear? Is there really any systematic way of doing it?

Yes,

Use the built in correction routine on your AVR and the microphone meant for that series of AVR.

 

[Rtstrider]

So I found the mic and ran through the auto setup routine. The sound is better, but I still want a little more low end....The acoustech speakers I have, have the 6 1/2" woofers in them. I love the sound other than the lacking mid/low end. If I got the PL89's would they have more low end and mid range to them?

 

[jinjuku]

So I found the mic and ran through the auto setup routine. The sound is better, but I still want a little more low end....The acoustech speakers I have, have the 6 1/2" woofers in them. I love the sound other than the lacking mid/low end. If I got the PL89's would they have more low end and mid range to them?

You could try and eq it but doubtful. The PL89's have more piston area so they will provide more output if that is what you feel that you are missing.

 

[Rtstrider]

Yeah, I just want a fuller sound. And again granted the system does sound better with the auto eq, it still feels like it's lacking something...Too bad there hasen't been a review of the pl89s yet...Or at least one I can find.