Enjoyed my speakers when i got them - BUT now they sound too bright for my liking!

[Woochifer]

Many many ways to take the harsh edge off a pair of speakers, and the most effective ones I've tried deal with room acoustics. If you have a very live sounding room with lots of reflective surfaces, then even a neutral sounding speaker can sound harsh and bright. To roughly check whether your room is overly live sounding, just stand up and clap hard. If you hear reverberation and echo, then your room's the culprit. Simple ways to reduce this "slap echo" include hanging wall tapestries, thick rugs, cushy furniture, bookcases along the side or backwalls, etc. The fewer flat reflective surfaces you got in your room, the better. More advanced ways of taming a room include lining up acoustic panels or foam behind the speakers, along the side walls (position them by sitting at your listening position and have someone hold a mirror along a wall -- where you see the tweeter is where you should position a piece of sound absorbing material because that's the reflection point), and even overhead. Things like diffusers in the back of the room or sidewalls also work -- diffusers can be something as simple as a bookcase with lots of books of different sizes. Some links are posted below.

http://forums14.consumerreview.com/c...P.2@.ef9ccd3/0

[CaymanCroc]

Many many ways to take the harsh edge off a pair of speakers, and the most effective ones I've tried deal with room acoustics. If you have a very live sounding room with lots of reflective surfaces, then even a neutral sounding speaker can sound harsh and bright. To roughly check whether your room is overly live sounding, just stand up and clap hard. If you hear reverberation and echo, then your room's the culprit. Simple ways to reduce this "slap echo" include hanging wall tapestries, thick rugs, cushy furniture, bookcases along the side or backwalls, etc. The fewer flat reflective surfaces you got in your room, the better. More advanced ways of taming a room include lining up acoustic panels or foam behind the speakers, along the side walls (position them by sitting at your listening position and have someone hold a mirror along a wall -- where you see the tweeter is where you should position a piece of sound absorbing material because that's the reflection point), and even overhead. Things like diffusers in the back of the room or sidewalls also work -- diffusers can be something as simple as a bookcase with lots of books of different sizes. Some links are posted below.

http://forums14.consumerreview.com/c...P.2@.ef9ccd3/0

Thanks Woochifer!

Ive just spent the last 3 hrs, repositioning my speakers, putting a huge rug across the room, and basically moving everything around in my room.... The speakers were approx 20 - 25 feet apart, and ive brought them closer to about 8 feet apart. I sit approx 12 feet away with them toed-in to the listening posn. That coupled with the rug has sure helped improve the sound and has dramatically reduced the harshness. The sound is more smooth (like a good scotch!) and "real", just the way i like it. And ive draped a thick flag print towel (theyre a bunch of ferrari f1 flags, so i dont mind it!) on the wall behind each speaker.

Though the room looks a mess, its sure worth it.. for now anyway. I have been bedridden for the past 2 months and this was (against doctors orders!) the most exhausting thing ive done yet.... well worth it though.

Cheers!