Description

medium to large room (45 square meters)

I listen in the nearfield (3 meters)

System is very detailed and revealing.

Very dynamic. Fantastic bass, down to 25Hz in my room. I love the delicate and extended highs. The midrange is one of the best I heard. Excellent soundstage.

In my room I have a midbass hump (+6dB around 80Hz)

I had this problem with my earlier speaker systems as well (WATT Puppy 5.1; Sonus Faber Extrema; B&W 801 III)

The tubetraps will help a little (with the articulation)

I listen to classical music (big symphonies, choral, opera)

and jazz. I have a collection of 1400 CD's.

Very happy with the Krell front and the C4 speakers.

I am considering changing the bryston monoblocks for a new Krell stereo amp FPB 300cx or 400cx and also considering to try other speaker cables (Nordost?)

My Z system power conditioner is 6-7 years old, I will start looking for a replacement.

I guess my biggest concern is the room treatment(not a dedicated room unfortunately). It has a problem with the midbass and also the room is a little bright & reverberant (on some recordings a slight exageration with voice sibilence + some ringing with the piano). The floor is marble and I only have small carpets. This should be easier to treat than the bass problem.

I am not interested in a digital equalizer / room correction component.
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Components Toggle details

    • Krell KPS 25sc
    CD Player - Preamp
    • Bryston 7B-ST
    monoblocks
    • Dynaudio Confidence C4
    since 6 months
    • Transparent Reference
    1 meter
    • Transparent Reference
    5 meters, banana
    • MIT Z Center
    Conditioner
    • ASC Tube Traps
    3 Bass Traps
    (1 large + 2 medium)

Comments 1

Hi Jack, I am in the process of turning my library into a dedicated listening room and after extensive listening keep coming back to the C4's. The problem is that my room is only 20x16 with 10 foot ceilings and I am concerned about room interactions with the C4's. Everytime I have auditioned them they appear to be a tad heavy on the mid-upper bass, and due to room configuration I need to place the speaker no more than 4 feet from the front wall and 3 feet from the side walls. I do have carpeting and will be placing drapes plus heavy furniture.
Did you ever consider obstructing the ports?
Would appreciate your input.
Regards,

doubleten

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