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

[Worf101]

...there is no cure for a speaker you do not like... however, room placement/treatment can make a HUGE difference (you probably knew that...). It seems you were experimenting with these on a whim (nuthin' wrong with that!) but not satisfied due to the excessive/bad tweeter output...

So... a freebie you might wanna try - drape one, two, or however many sheets of toilet paper it takes to quell the ornery beast. Not pretty, but very economical.

I find Charmin very open, whilst retaining the the subtle.... O.K., I'm kiddin...

Let us know!

Man, your last line about the audio qualities of Charmin... I'm still laffin. Stop, you're killin' me... I can't take it!!!!!

Da "Wish I Could Stop Laffin' Worfster

[Worf101]

Update on the problem. I played around with these speakers for about 3 hours last night and have made significant progress.

1. I recalibrated the speakers and since this is my first "slimline" speaker, toed em in and adjusted my listening position.

2. Worked with tone settings on the speakers set flat. That means no added bass or treble, but also none removed.

3. Checked to make sure my homemade jumpers were working.

4. Hung two African wall hangings (THANK YOU WOOCH!!!) that I had hanging around behind the speakers.

5. Lastly, I used "modern" music both on the turntable and the CD player. Some of what I was listening to at first were old AAD reissues from the bad ole early days of CD's. Not a lot of bass, mids or refinement in some of those recordings. Source material does really matter.

The results are that the speakers sound much better than when first listened to. I listened for an hour straight last night and felt that I'd gotten much closer to a liveable situation than before. Don't git me wrong. I still want my old Walsh F's back on center stage but... these at least don't my my ear's bleed like before.

I'll keep a tweakin'. Thanks all for helping.

Da "still workin' on it" Worfster