Who cares if it is not a purist approach, it works!
I was disappointed from day one because the SL3s wouldn't 'rock'
Despite biamping, spikes, concrete slabs, tow and tilt, they still sucked at rock.
Adjustments for flat response, two subs augmenting a bit, nothing.
Muchos suckos.
Now, inspired by Jon's six-driver midbass column, I added a pair of my old speakers on the sides and connected them daisy-chained from pre-out.
They rock! :rocker: Rolling Stones sound again like they were meant to. Harsh and raspy. Enough with the flat but 'transparent' sound crap.
I tried all sorts of material, from purely acoustic/voice to Dark Side of the Moon and Take Five.
Tried all sorts of permutations (even the old speakers without the tweeters) and every time the combination worked better than the SL3s alone. Seriously.
I've had to resort to aggressive tow to avoid creating a hole (the other speakers are on the outside of the MLs, trying to pull the image outwards)
To my surprise, even on purely acoustic (where the MLs are unbeatable) there is still improvement when the other ones are augmenting.
I had also the opinions of others, and I was adjusting the volume levels obviously to avoid the 'louder is better' syndrome.
All in all, success:cheers:
I was disappointed from day one because the SL3s wouldn't 'rock'
Despite biamping, spikes, concrete slabs, tow and tilt, they still sucked at rock.
Adjustments for flat response, two subs augmenting a bit, nothing.
Muchos suckos.
Now, inspired by Jon's six-driver midbass column, I added a pair of my old speakers on the sides and connected them daisy-chained from pre-out.
They rock! :rocker: Rolling Stones sound again like they were meant to. Harsh and raspy. Enough with the flat but 'transparent' sound crap.
I tried all sorts of material, from purely acoustic/voice to Dark Side of the Moon and Take Five.
Tried all sorts of permutations (even the old speakers without the tweeters) and every time the combination worked better than the SL3s alone. Seriously.
I've had to resort to aggressive tow to avoid creating a hole (the other speakers are on the outside of the MLs, trying to pull the image outwards)
To my surprise, even on purely acoustic (where the MLs are unbeatable) there is still improvement when the other ones are augmenting.
I had also the opinions of others, and I was adjusting the volume levels obviously to avoid the 'louder is better' syndrome.
All in all, success:cheers: