Hmmm. This is interesting. I have the Monitor Audio Silver 300 and the Svs Ultra towers.
Iv been working with the MAs, but today I decided to good the SVS up again... I like the MAs best but I could never quite get that power feeling I wanted, not even sure what was missing. Anyways, I figured I’d just hook up the SVS as a 4.1 surround speakers. After some playing with what music would sound like with both I noticed something in the sound I was missing in the MAs. There is almost no “gravely sounds”. So clean instruments and female vocals were sounding great, but Rock guitars and gravely male voiced dont have the right effect. I laid my head on top of each speaker during a rock song, the MAs made a smooth humming music and the SVS had a bit of “growl” it.
music sound pretty good with both running. (I would rather not) I’d rather just one good set of speaker. But I guess I didn’t get the right one yet.
even tho the sweeps looked identical, the MA can’t get that Distorted guitar sound in its voice fully. With the subs filling out the lows, and the SVS adding the mid distortions, I hear things I was missing from MAs and subs. Also the subs with MAs alone, no matter the crossover just wouldn’t make that distinct crunchy rock sound either.
Also I went with the AVR suggested 40 crossover. The sweeps very smooth and the sounds is pretty great.
i feel like it’s too much equipment making all that happen. I don’t thing stereo is usually 4 speakers. But I’m gonna look for speakers again when I get the opportunity.
I was looking for an amp because I was missing a certain “powerful” sounds that I couldn’t put my finger on. I’m pretty sure now that the missing sound of “power” I was looking for was that missing Distortions effect that is in music( not to be confused with, bad distortion. I mean like a distortion used on guitars for rock)
