Ma352

[Formerly YB-2]

Originally Posted by miner

As expected the Nova 1 are a bit light on the lower octaves but I only have about 6 hrs of use on so far. I do not have plans to add a sub and feel the Novas will improve over time. This system was not meant for critical listening although at times it may be used for downtime music while kicked back in the lounger.

One thing that really helped with my monitors was to play them as loud as you can stand (92db for me) with some bass-heavy music for half-an-hour. It really seemed to 'loosen up' the woofers in my Duetto's. They may have needed that in order to 'break-in' the surrounds.

I used a pair of Yamaha NS-1000 speakers about 20yr ago. Whenever I listened I always had to run them fairly loudly for 15 or 20 minutes at the start to get the best SQ. After that they were fine until I ended that listening session.

[DietCoors]

MA352 with Mac XR50s here. Source is Blusound Node and Clearaudio turntable. Love the sound - low end is too much if anything. The XR50's are very inefficient - they move a ton of air, but as a result, have a low-end massively disproportionate to their size. Nice having the 200W per channel of the MA352 to drive them. I'm sure i'm getting some SBIR from speaker placement as well, I dial back the 125hz knob on the EQ.