I had a customer come in from out of state to listen to and pick up a very heavily modified pair of Usher CP-6311 speakers. Being a holiday and my wife working all day, I was only able to get to the store about 20 minutes before he showed up to get things fired up.
I turned on the amp, Reference Jolida 502 Custom, and let it warm up a bit. When he showed up, we sat down to listen to his new speakers. After a few tracks, I starting think to myself that this doesn't sound right. There was no sparkle or air up top and the vocals were kind flat. He agreed. We let things run another half hour or so. Nothing changed.
We decided to try another amp, then another....... all with the same results. Okay, let's try difference speakers, then another, and another. Everything had the same results with nothing sounding the way it was supposed to or even the way it did a few days back.
I have been listening to and breaking in these speakers for a few days prior to being picked up and they were sending chills down my spine. Today, they did nothing for me.
The only thing that I can think of is that the store was closed up all weekend and it was hot, humid and sticky inside. Without time to run the air, I am thinking it was the "dense" air that was taking the sparkle out of the listening session. I have had this happen to me in the past but not to this extent.
I guess I will have to wait till he gets them home in his own enviroment to evaluate their true potential and send me back some up to date feedback.
Your thoughts????
