as this is my first home stereo, and I dont know much about audio equipment and sound, please bear with the poor description.
I know my speakers are not very impressive, but I thought they'd be more impressive than this, especially with the receiver I got to power them. I dont know if it's the computer sound settings or the speakers themselves, or the receiver settings, but I cant seem to get good sound.
So, I have the denon 4802 and (2) cerwin vega DX9'S. I have them connected with good speaker wire 12awg cu. I have an anolog stereo line out running from my computer to receiver. My room is on 1 side of a open 1000sq ft attic and a big wall of shelves cuts off the middle of the space, so my side is about 500sq ft. No doors, and just one window behind my bed.
I cant get the bass in the speakers to punch that hard, especially when the volume is lower. In fact, you dont hear the low end bass that much at all, and If i try to turn it up it just sounds crappier, not louder. The mid range is what you hear the most (i think it's mid range sound, basically the 6.5's in the speakers) in every type of music I play on them. I cant seem to adjust the sound that well, it only sounds really clear on a few types of music. When I turn it up, it feels like the high notes and the low sounds do get louder, but the mid range get's louder exponentially. The sound just doesn't sound proportional it's really pissing me off, and even the the mid range as it get's turned up sounds a bit crackely and unclear.
the receiver is set to stereo more. I have the speakers plugged into the left fron and right front spots. In the options menu on the receiver, the channel volume is set to 0db in both the LF and the RF. Also, on the receiver, the bass is set to +8 and the treble to +4. I noticed that the computer also has sound settings. The sound card has it's little program with an equalizer and several sound effects modes. Right now, I have all the special effects turned of, the equalizer turned on, and the level at -2.1db. Then there is a separate bass and treble adjustment, which I have the treble at 70% and the bass at 50%.
I'm confused on what I should set each mentioned level at on the receiver and the computer, and if it's those thing that are making the speaker under perform or if it's just the speakers.
The speakers do sound alright at lower to low-mid level, but I want them to sound great when turned up and shake the room and they are just not doing it.