On December 20, 2018 at 17:00, 3PedalMINI said...
Just did my first Sonos amp. Perfect scenario for it. Two in ceiling Triad R28’s connected to a bar TV. Now I’ve done the R28’s enough to know that they sound pretty good, even off the connect:amp. I was anxious to try this because of all the good things I’ve heard and have seen guys powering tower speakers off it.
Now I know the R28s aren’t great but they are pretty good for what they are.
This amp made them sound awful. And I couldn’t get much volume out of them, even turned up all the way. I checked that the limit wasn’t turned on and it wasn’t.
A few weeks ago another poster posted the same thing (goldenzrule) is there a bad run of these? I cannot believe that this is normal, because if it is it’s going to have to be connects into 3rd party amps.
Anyone else seeing the same thing?
Not saying someone did it, but is it possible that the wires were connected with one pair reversed? Most amps have the + terminals at the outside when they have a horizontal row but Sonos decided to buck that trend and go with - + - +, from left to right and I completely disagree with their decision. That would certainly make the speakers sound terrible.
When I heard the Amp playing through a pair of small speakers, my immediate thought was that a speaker was reversed- when I turned it toward the other, the bass did improve, yet the wires were connected 'correctly'.
