How do you "chill" a "bright" sounding speaker?

[kexodusc]

Hey Wooch, great pics,
Just a little curious, you seem to have a towel or toothpaste green foam pad underneath what appears to be a Reference center channel CC-470 maybe, I'm not sure...but it would match the Studio's I see.
Anyway, what's the towel for? Have you discovered some secret advantage to insulating the bottom of the center?

And, how on earth did you ever get your wife to allow that mess of cables in her living room?

Oh, and is that not really just a "bakers rack" I see in the corner - and not an over priced fancy named audio rack?

[Woochifer]

Hey Wooch, great pics,
Just a little curious, you seem to have a towel or toothpaste green foam pad underneath what appears to be a Reference center channel CC-470 maybe, I'm not sure...but it would match the Studio's I see.
Anyway, what's the towel for? Have you discovered some secret advantage to insulating the bottom of the center?

And, how on earth did you ever get your wife to allow that mess of cables in her living room?

Oh, and is that not really just a "bakers rack" I see in the corner - and not an over priced fancy named audio rack?

No secret, I just needed something to keep the Studio CC center speaker more solidly secured to the top of the TV since the TV has a slight slope and a rounded shape on top. The speaker was a bit wobbly when I just placed it on top of the TV, so I went down to the local crafts store and had them cut a sheet of 1" seat cushion foam (cost was less than $2). It holds the center speaker firmly in place, and it helps to isolate the speaker from the body of the TV.

That pic is a few months old. I was using a baker's rack to stack up all of the components, but yes all those cables in the back were an eyesore. And that rack was a poor platform for my turntable. So, we did wind up getting one of those overpriced fancy named audio racks (a Salamander Synergy modular set -- very versatile and attractive, but expensive and inconvenient to put together), and the baker's rack is back in the kitchen!

[zapr]

..........Did you try biwiring them? If not give it a try. You might be surprised. Also you might be wanting them to sound like your other speakers. Thats not to say the studio 3's sound bad, just different. Do the studio 3's have a higher sensitivity rating? If so the higher volume might add to the shrill you discribed. Turning down the volume and adjusting the tone controls as well as positioning the speakers might be the answer. In any case, give them a chance to get use to them. You may find you like them......Zapr

[manek]

bright speakers can be tamed in many ways..
1) Speaker cables 2) Interconnect cables are usually the causes of bright speakers.

Onkyo receivers are inherently bright and edgy like all AV receivers so nothing new.
Put on the grills which came with the speakers, play with the toe in angle, raise the speaker height.

the best thing to do is to buy rubberised cork sheet and granite tiles.
if you got studs on the speakers put the granite tile over the cork and put your speakers on the granite. if your speakers dont have studs put the cork on the granite time and put your speaker on it.

Works wonders.

[Woochifer]

bright speakers can be tamed in many ways..
1) Speaker cables 2) Interconnect cables are usually the causes of bright speakers.

Is this something that you measured or imagined? The only instances where swapping out cables made any difference in my system was when I swapped out a pair of poorly shielded OEM interconnects, and that eliminated some audible interference. But, compared to the easily measurable and verifiable differences that room treatments make, cabling makes a minimal difference, hardly what anyone can truthfully say "are usually the causes of bright speakers." You mean that swapping out the cables will instantly cause a measurable attenuation in the high frequencies? I didn't think so.

Onkyo receivers are inherently bright and edgy like all AV receivers so nothing new.

And I presume that you've listened to ALL AV receivers, and know this to be fact? And if they're ALL bright and edgy, what amplification then does not sound bright and edgy?