B&W 683 Bung or no Bung... Opinions?

[milehighbri]

Hi all,

I have been feeling lately that my B&W683 may be a bit boomy. I have an SC35 pioneer receiver and Im about to receive my XPA-2 for these fronts on tuesday and wonder if i should try the partial bungs or not to try to lesson any possible boom I may be hearing from the room or speaker performance since I have a SVS PC12plus for bass?

I wasnt sure if the bungs take away anything noticable from the speaker other than some of the boomyness. I dont want to lose any possible tightness or overall definition just some of the boomyness that may be coming from the speaker. Im almost positive its not from the SVSsub.

My room is about 22ft wide about 14 ft deep and open on one side in the back to a kitchen and i sit about 8.5 feet from the speakers and they are about 11 inches from the front walls. Also the speakers are about 11ft apart

Also does anyone think the XPA-2 is too much for these speakers its 2ch 300w RMS the speakers say 25-200w 89spl does that put me in a danger zone or just give me lots of headroom? Theyve always sounded nice but Ive felt they could do more when i hear them in 2ch stereo they always sound slightly nicer. Currently running SC35 140w X 7

 

[parkgoons]

I have the 683's and they're probably one of my favorite speakers to listen to. I recently upgraded to the CM10's and although they are probably more accurate, I still enjoy the sound from the 683's as much (if not maybe more) than the CM10's.

The bass can be a little over exaggerated in some rooms, but placement usually corrects this. I originally powered them with my Integra all in one and they sounded good. I then upgraded to the XPA-2 and that is when they really shined, not necessarily at low listening levels, but there was definitely a huge improvement at loud levels. As for over powering them, i wouldn't worry about it. I fed some serious power into the 683's when listening to a full orchestra (border line red lights on the Emo) and they take it with ease. Below is a video I made of the 683's with the XPA-2, the level in this video was border line painful and you can see the Emo is barely working.

 

[milehighbri]

I just got the XPA-2 myself. do you listen to the 683s in large mode or set the crossover? Mine are currently set to small with the 80hz xover set.

 

[milehighbri]

I have the 683's and they're probably one of my favorite speakers to listen to. I recently upgraded to the CM10's and although they are probably more accurate, I still enjoy the sound from the 683's as much (if not maybe more) than the CM10's.

The bass can be a little over exaggerated in some rooms, but placement usually corrects this. I originally powered them with my Integra all in one and they sounded good. I then upgraded to the XPA-2 and that is when they really shined, not necessarily at low listening levels, but there was definitely a huge improvement at loud levels. As for over powering them, i wouldn't worry about it. I fed some serious power into the 683's when listening to a full orchestra (border line red lights on the Emo) and they take it with ease. Below is a video I made of the 683's with the XPA-2, the level in this video was border line painful and you can see the Emo is barely working.

I just got the XPA-2 myself. do you listen to the 683s in large mode or set the crossover? Mine are currently set to small with the 80hz xover set.

 

[parkgoons]

I have everything set to full and only listen to music in "direct" mode which bypasses any EQ or sound enhancement settings.

I would only set the crossover if you have your sub doing a majority of the low end. For me, I Like the 683's set to full and I cut over to the sub around 40-50hz.

I have the 10 inch B&W Sub.

 

[utubecomment21]

I would say that regardless of how good the B&W speakers are, they're obviously not right for you. I don't think bunging them will make a huge difference.

What we should be doing is defining our target goals first, then finding a product that will fit those goals, instead of buying the product first and trying to make it fit.

As for the Emotiva, I think its fine. Many speakers can run many times over its quoted RMS figures with no trouble at all. I shoved a Ground Zero 1,100 watt amp into my my 120 watt Hybrid Audio I6Sw 6.5" sub, and the little sub took it well. I would worry about the amp/speaker rms situation. I still believe the problem is the B&W speakers.