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I have purchases a used set of MMMicroOne and I am having trouble getting them to sound right in my room. My room is smaller and I cannot get the MMMicroOne to not sound thin. Dimentions are 10X11X8. The wall to the right has a 12” cutout 6 feet into the wall with bookshelves. On the back wall there is an opening to a hallway. On the left wall, toward the back is the door to the garage. I have flipped the room around a few times but had the most success with the help of GIK. I am still working with them to get the rest of my acoustic issues worked out.
I had a much larger room before and have a set of Legacy Focus. They are way too big for this room and tried a set of stand mount Polk LSI9 to see if that would be the way to go. They sounded better in this room so I decided to move up the bookie chain. With the help of a friend who suggested the MMMicroOne, I bought a used pair. Right now, the Polks sound much fuller and more dynamic. I have the speakers setup 14” from the back wall and 2 feet from the sides. The couch is 4 feet from the back wall, and have tried 2 and 3 feet from the back wall as well. At 2 feet from the back wall, I do get more bass but, it doesn’t sound quite right. At 3.5 – 4 feet from the back wall, it seems to image better. I tried the MMM1 2 feet from the back wall and 2.5 feet from the sides but, that didn’t sound right to me.
I am driving them with a McIntosh MC402, Audio Research SP16 preamp and I have changed speaker cables a few times from MIT S1 to the DH labs I am currently using. The Sp16, I have bounced between RCA 3 mica 5751, Tele’s and tung Sol from 1959 for tubes. I cannot get them to not sound thin I also swapped in a SS Parasound P5 and that actually brought more bass out but, still thin next to the Polks. . My wife even stated the Polks are not as good looking as the MMM1 but sound fuller and richer. I am open to suggestions on how to get them to sound better in my room. A friend suggested it could be possible they just don’t like the McIntosh amplifier. The legacy and the polk sound good with the McIntosh. Could this just be a bad match up? I am open to suggestions to help get them to sound right. I am not married to any specific brand.
This week I am going to try them out with a subwoofer. I do have a velodyne spl1200 that has been re-capped 3 years ago I can throw in the mix.
I have purchases a used set of MMMicroOne and I am having trouble getting them to sound right in my room. My room is smaller and I cannot get the MMMicroOne to not sound thin. Dimentions are 10X11X8. The wall to the right has a 12” cutout 6 feet into the wall with bookshelves. On the back wall there is an opening to a hallway. On the left wall, toward the back is the door to the garage. I have flipped the room around a few times but had the most success with the help of GIK. I am still working with them to get the rest of my acoustic issues worked out.
I had a much larger room before and have a set of Legacy Focus. They are way too big for this room and tried a set of stand mount Polk LSI9 to see if that would be the way to go. They sounded better in this room so I decided to move up the bookie chain. With the help of a friend who suggested the MMMicroOne, I bought a used pair. Right now, the Polks sound much fuller and more dynamic. I have the speakers setup 14” from the back wall and 2 feet from the sides. The couch is 4 feet from the back wall, and have tried 2 and 3 feet from the back wall as well. At 2 feet from the back wall, I do get more bass but, it doesn’t sound quite right. At 3.5 – 4 feet from the back wall, it seems to image better. I tried the MMM1 2 feet from the back wall and 2.5 feet from the sides but, that didn’t sound right to me.
I am driving them with a McIntosh MC402, Audio Research SP16 preamp and I have changed speaker cables a few times from MIT S1 to the DH labs I am currently using. The Sp16, I have bounced between RCA 3 mica 5751, Tele’s and tung Sol from 1959 for tubes. I cannot get them to not sound thin I also swapped in a SS Parasound P5 and that actually brought more bass out but, still thin next to the Polks. . My wife even stated the Polks are not as good looking as the MMM1 but sound fuller and richer. I am open to suggestions on how to get them to sound better in my room. A friend suggested it could be possible they just don’t like the McIntosh amplifier. The legacy and the polk sound good with the McIntosh. Could this just be a bad match up? I am open to suggestions to help get them to sound right. I am not married to any specific brand.
This week I am going to try them out with a subwoofer. I do have a velodyne spl1200 that has been re-capped 3 years ago I can throw in the mix.