AJ, thanks... I will try your recommendation. The issue I am having is that my ears are literally ringing after about 30 minutes of listening. It isn't that the highs seem to high, although I do have to adjust the bass down because the speakers tend to be a bit boomy...
My room is fairly large. About 20L x 15W x 15H. And the 15W opens into the kitchen. The placement of the speakers is also pretty close to the side walls and counter top in my kitchen due to the fact that there are two doors in between my TV and buffet table that holds all my gear.
I have a really large area rug in the room 12x14 and draperies on the windows on the side and back of the room.
Just go gently with the EQ and see if a small reduction at 4k works for you. It's possible more is needed elsewhere, but without measurements, you're flying blind, so you will just have to rely on you ears for now. My offer still stands if you are interested. Do you have a pic of the setup? Seems like you have a bit of asymmetry, but otherwise, a quite normally reverberant room.
I spoke to a B&W dealer today and he told me the issue is probably my Amp? He said my Outlaw is not a musical amp and I should look to use a Pass Labs Amp?
. Unfortunately, audio is full of this type of feeble minded/used car sales BS. You should ask him to define the exact electrical properties (an amplifier is an electrical device with a transfer function) that define "musical". That would be worth a laugh
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He understands that some (highly susceptible) minds are affected by audio jewelry, so you can't blame him for trying
I'm doubting this is the issue, because my Arcam receiver, Emotiva Amp and now my Outlaw are all giving me the same issues. I'm sure it's a combo between the speakers and the room. In terms of the room, there's no more treatments going in... The GF and even I don't want to ruin the aesthetics of the room....
Then it seems that like me, you're stricken with something called 'common sense', a condition many audiophiles are immune to
. This is exactly correct..and unlike "musicality" which exists only in the overactive imagination of the technically illiterate...the speaker/room combo is measurable, real, demonstrable...and correctable. The "demonstrable" part is up to you, mid-April.
cheers,
AJ