I had the pleasure of a visit from Big B and his wife Shirley this past Wednesday while they were vacationing in Orlando. It was a great evening with the opportunity to talk to both of them for a few hours over dinner to hear them recount their years of visiting customers and listening and tuning their systems and then have the ultimate tuning experience at my house. I told Brian at dinner that I was pleased with the set up of my RM40’s, but tuning the woofer has been a challenge. I guess I got the ultimate compliment on tuning when Brian said after hearing the first track from the new Matt Bianco/Basia CD that he wouldn’t change a thing on the 40's. Shirley thought it was a little bright, so Brian turned down the tweeter pots a click. I can’t say I noticed the difference, but Shirley did.
Then Brian asked me to turn the sub on. I told him it was on, but I keep it at a very low volume so it doesn't overpower the room and also doesn't sound off center being on the left side of the room. He went to work scrapping putty and removed a golf ball size of putty. I've added quite a bit of putty on my own trying to get the sub to blend in without sounding off center, but I didn't realize that I was going in the wrong direction by adding mass. We cranked the sub up higher than I can ever recall setting it for stereo. WOW, window shaking tight bass. Brian did a little more tuning then said this is where it should be set. I love it. The only problem is now I want another one to balance the sound for stereo.
Much thanks to Brian and Shirley for helping me get the most out of their excellent speakers. I didn’t solicit this visit. Brian just sent me an Email saying he would be in the area and would I like him to come by. Hell Yea! Now that is the ultimate service.
