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Sonus faber Cremona Auditor and Jeff Rowland??

Dear audiophiles,,,
Does any one can give me a piece of advice??
Well, my system is consist of Jeff Rowland Concentra 1 and a custom made cd player using Pro-2 module. And all cables are Virtual Dynamics Nite 2 series (power, inter and speaker..) Cables are really good, and I like my Concentra.
However, I think my entire system is not really best matched with SF's Cremona Auditor..
Mid and High is OK, but Bass,,, is kind of booming sound..
Does it because my Auditor hasn't burnned yet? It only has almost 120hours played.
However, I suspect that my amp may not have enough power to drive Auditors..
Will it be better to change my amp?
I recently consider to change my concentra to Jeff's synergy pre plus jeff's 501, or Concentra2.
I do love Jeff Roland, but any one can give me an advice for me?
By the way, my CD player sounds similar to Oracle's cdp 2500 but little bit more sharp...
brain7466
s7horton
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The concentra should easily have more than enough power to drive the auditors. I'm almost positive power is not the issue here. I would give the speakers another 300 hours break in and then make a decision.
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rubinken
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What speakers did you have before? I have listened to the SF Auditors. Bass boom is not typical.

Room placement may be an issue. Have you tried to move them further away from walls? Also, make sure that they are not the identical distance from the back wall as they are from the side wall.

Bass boom can be a result of unique room acoustics. You might try some acoustic treatments. Eighth nerve is good: http://www.eighthnerve.com/
(I am not associated in any way with them)
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the_kid
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I agree with Rubinken. If anything with break in, they should have less bass as the drivers are still not 100%. I have heard the auditors with Rowland gear at my local dealer and the match is quite nice. Try different placement options.
brain7466 OP
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Hi, thanks to everybody's advice...

Well, my last speaker was B&W N805 and I know that my SF auditor has a quite different sound.
I don't expect to hear some speedy response from my Auditors like N805. What i want to hear is more Controlled-bass... ( sorry, I'm not a native English speaker...:) it is hard to explain what i felt in English...)
And that's why i suspect that my concentra does have a weak point in Damping ability...
Is it because of break-in process? if it is...than I'll be very happy because i don't need to spend lots of money to change new gears... since i really love my concentra..:)

I placed my auditor more than 3.5 ft away from the wall and 4ft from the side wall. the distance between speakers is little over than 6ft.
I'll try room tune as well... but Rubinkin, can you explain more about Auditor's placement?
This is my first time to try SF speakers and it is really hard to find information about Auditor's placement.
Moreover, my dealer seems to know little about the Auditor even he did sell it...
and... once again.. Thank you guys very much about every advice..:)
Hope i can learn more about this wonderful speaker.
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