I got a new pair of Pinnacle Black Diamond BD-1000 speakers. I don't know much about these speakers, but they were free so I figured they'd make a good replacement for my Infinity OVTR3 speakers that have 50% cracked and busted speaker cones. I was right, the BD-1000's do sound a lot better than my busted Infinity speakers.
The problem is, they don't have much presence or body. I'm not sure how to describe it; those might not be the best words. I am hearing a longer range of high to low sound from the Pinnacle speakers than I did from my Infinity, and it is crisp, clear, well-defined and distinct sounding, with no muddiness. But they just aren't very full sounding, meaning that as clear as they are, they don't fill the room with sound.
So I'm wondering if there's anything I can do to improve that. I suspect that replacing my A/V receiver with a true stereo amplifier might help, but it's not in the cards budget wise right now.
Here's my setup. Onkyo TX-DS777 A/V Receiver with front A, front B, surround, center, and subwoofer channels. I have the BD-1000 speakers connected to the front A outputs. I have a Infinity CC-3 Center-Channel speaker on the center speaker outputs. The amplifier section of the unit supplies "105 watts per channel min. RMS at 8 ohms, 2 channels driven from 20 Hz to 20 kHz with no more than 0.08% total harmonic distortion. 135 watts min. RMS at 6 ohms, 2 channels driven from 1 kHz with no more than .1% total harmonic distortion". Whatever that means.
The speaker wires I'm using are "Monster XP Compact Precision High Resolution Speaker Cable with Magnetic Flux Tube and LPE Dialetric", again, whatever that means. I'm not sure what effective wire gauge is because there is a plastic filament that goes down the center of each strand thus reducing the effective gauge from the apparent guage. I've terminated both ends of each speaker wire with banana plugs.
I have my Rega P5 connected to the phono inputs on the receiver, a Sony CD player, and a DVD/VHS player, and my FIOS TV set top box. All of my components are basic consumer electronics, with the exception of my beloved Rega P5.
My primary objective is to be able to enjoy good stereo sound from my albums and CDs. I also want to be able to use the speakers for TV, DVD, VHS, radio, or whatever else I hook up to the A/V receiver, but I don't really care about full-blown theater.
I realize that's a compromise.
Is there anything that will help me get a more satisfying fullness and presence out of my speakers without having to turn the volume up so far that it risks hurting them?
If I were to replace one component in this setup to make the biggest improvement in sound, what would it be?
I got a new pair of Pinnacle Black Diamond BD-1000 speakers. I don't know much about these speakers, but they were free so I figured they'd make a good replacement for my Infinity OVTR3 speakers that have 50% cracked and busted speaker cones. I was right, the BD-1000's do sound a lot better than my busted Infinity speakers.
The problem is, they don't have much presence or body. I'm not sure how to describe it; those might not be the best words. I am hearing a longer range of high to low sound from the Pinnacle speakers than I did from my Infinity, and it is crisp, clear, well-defined and distinct sounding, with no muddiness. But they just aren't very full sounding, meaning that as clear as they are, they don't fill the room with sound.
So I'm wondering if there's anything I can do to improve that. I suspect that replacing my A/V receiver with a true stereo amplifier might help, but it's not in the cards budget wise right now.
Here's my setup. Onkyo TX-DS777 A/V Receiver with front A, front B, surround, center, and subwoofer channels. I have the BD-1000 speakers connected to the front A outputs. I have a Infinity CC-3 Center-Channel speaker on the center speaker outputs. The amplifier section of the unit supplies "105 watts per channel min. RMS at 8 ohms, 2 channels driven from 20 Hz to 20 kHz with no more than 0.08% total harmonic distortion. 135 watts min. RMS at 6 ohms, 2 channels driven from 1 kHz with no more than .1% total harmonic distortion". Whatever that means.
The speaker wires I'm using are "Monster XP Compact Precision High Resolution Speaker Cable with Magnetic Flux Tube and LPE Dialetric", again, whatever that means. I'm not sure what effective wire gauge is because there is a plastic filament that goes down the center of each strand thus reducing the effective gauge from the apparent guage. I've terminated both ends of each speaker wire with banana plugs.
I have my Rega P5 connected to the phono inputs on the receiver, a Sony CD player, and a DVD/VHS player, and my FIOS TV set top box. All of my components are basic consumer electronics, with the exception of my beloved Rega P5.
My primary objective is to be able to enjoy good stereo sound from my albums and CDs. I also want to be able to use the speakers for TV, DVD, VHS, radio, or whatever else I hook up to the A/V receiver, but I don't really care about full-blown theater.
I realize that's a compromise.
Is there anything that will help me get a more satisfying fullness and presence out of my speakers without having to turn the volume up so far that it risks hurting them?
If I were to replace one component in this setup to make the biggest improvement in sound, what would it be?