olds1959special Posted April 24, 2023 Share Posted April 24, 2023 (edited) For a while I was boosting the tweeter on my 2Ci's by 0.5db to make them brighter. Is this a bad idea? Edited April 24, 2023 by olds1959special Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olds1959special Posted April 24, 2023 Author Share Posted April 24, 2023 I stopped doing this when I got better amplification. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holmz Posted April 24, 2023 Share Posted April 24, 2023 They also can sound brighter when there is more harmonics from the amplifier, and many prefer that as “sounding better”. Technically when we ignore how they sound, one can argue that more distortion is less correct, and also should sound quieter. So there is a disconnect between what sounds good, and what is “better”. My current tube amp does “Ultra-Linear” (UL) and Triode. The UL sounds better (IMO) for rock and similar stuff, but I have been using Triode more and more, as it is cleaner and quieter… especially for stark and simple piano and vocals. Again I would not worry too much about 0,5 dB n the grand scheme of things. However if they get hard to listen to for a long time, then they probably need to be backed off and reduced in contribution. I don’t mind the sound of Focals, but I can not listen to both sides of an album with them. And the Mrs also does not abide many dB of extra brightness in a home theatre setup. (Her tolerance is measured in seconds versus my minutes,) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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