Hi at all,
still finetuning my system. In the meantime I have changed the two Beolab 2500 against a B&W XTC center speaker. Fronts are Beolab 5000 and rears are Beolab 6000.
The problem with the Beolab 2500 was that they just have not enough volume to present dialogs properly. Even after recapping and changing the OP amps to OP2134 the volume is still to less, whereas treble is very crisp and clear.
So I decided to go for the Mono Center XTC from B&W fired by a ML/MCL converter (MCL2P). Technically it works fine (excepts the annoying "plop" when switching). The thing is that the center seems to be too quiet. Is the caused by the only 30 watt per channel on the B&O converter?
Unfortuantely I cannot afford a real B&O center as the 7.1 etc :-(
BTW: Volume of the dialogs is great now but the sound is somehow more muddy - not really crisp.
The perfect solution would be the volume of the XTC combined with the clarity of the modded Beolabs 2500.
Do you think a Detoma A102 would do a better job in terms of power output and "plopping"?
Thank you very much for every tip!
BR