Panel life?

[18000rpm]

Bit of a Bryston fan-boy here. I got a 9B-ST back in 2002, and got hooked. Mostly 4B-STs (and a 4B-NRB, with a smattering of PowerPacs over the years). I'd like to say "I'll go for a 14B-SST when I grow up", but I'm edging closer to 60, and the startup I am working on is not covering the bills, let alone audio addictions! Hope you continue to enjoy your setup!

Me too!

I have a 4B-SST2 driving a pair of Prodigies, and my old 4B-SST driving my Stage X center.

 

[Robert D]

That would when the aging is well-advanced. If that's the case, it should be obvious because they'll be bass-heavy.

(for a hybrid anyway - a pure ES like CLS/CLX then correct - it would be harder to determine)

Well, in my case the speakers sounded good because I ran Audyssey and it boosted the highs and cut out the lows. It was balanced output. I use a sub too, so plenty of bass. In the receiver, the fronts were set +10 and 11 dB after calibration.

I was new to ML, and thought the speakers were just hard to drive.

 

[Robert D]

With my new panels, Audyssey set the fronts to I think it is 0 dB and -1.

 

[18000rpm]

Well, in my case the speakers sounded good because I ran Audyssey and it boosted the highs and cut out the lows. It was balanced output. I use a sub too, so plenty of bass. In the receiver, the fronts were set +10 and 11 dB after calibration.

Before I replaced the panels on my Stage X center and Aeon i rears I had to do that too. It greatly limited headroom for the whole system.

After replacing panels now everything is within +/- 1dB with Audyssey.

The Stage X was interesting because it had two low-end drivers and a tweeter so you think it sounds ok but looking at measurements there was a huge dip in the midrange when the panel was worn.

 

[Robert D]

Before I replaced the panels on my Stage X center and Aeon i rears I had to do that too. It greatly limited headroom for the whole system.

After replacing panels now everything is within +/- 1dB with Audyssey.

The Stage X was interesting because it had two low-end drivers and a tweeter so you think it sounds ok but looking at measurements there was a huge dip in the midrange when the panel was worn.

My Theater i was the same too. I replaced it with a new ML.