charles 1973
Super Member
So I spun vinyl late into the night and all day today so far.
What I can say is that if I sit in the sweet spot there's decent (passable) bass. Clean and low (but not super low). Move out of that sweet spot and it rolls off fast. I've never experienced that before.
Try changing the placement of your speakers. I have read people sometimes have an issue related to the peculiar way they set up the loudness function too. Just saying. Strange how bass alone would be focused like that. Is it possible you are hearing sharper imaging. That would be a good thing.
I read the Yamaha amp is sensitive to speaker pairing. It looks like both the Yamaha amp and the Focal speakers are on the lean side. With my friends PSB speakers which are more full bodied, the A S500 sounds fine, Plenty of bass, but probably less noticeable treble. There should be a balance there. Sometimes it's a matter of getting used to the new sound.
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