MarkF786
500+ Head-Fier
The new Aras arrived today (thanks Bloom Audio!!!) - and as fate would have it, the package with the returned Aras was returned to me, since the return label was First Class Postage, and I had reused the Priority Class box they arrived in, not realizing the discrepancy.
I listened to the new Aras and they sounded 'right as rain'; with an in-phase signal, they had a clear center image, and with and out-of-phase signal (on one channel), they had a diffuse image and soundstage. It'll take more time to 'get to know' them, but I'll say there's no lack of bass!
Since I had the prior pair now also, I decided with some trepidation to try them as well. “What if my hearing was somehow ‘off’ before? I’ll be eating a lot of crow.” But trying them again, immediately I could hear they were wired with one channel out-of-phase, and by switching the phase of one channel (using a plugin) they sounded right.
Testing a little further with the same plugin, making the signal mono, when properly in-phase the image should be dead-center. But with the 'bad' pair of Aras, the signal was diffuse and uncentered, until I switched one channel out of phase. The new pair are again fine.
I'm glad the matter is largely resolve now, though I'll need to attempt again a return.
P.S. Note I paid for the 2nd pair with Bloom Audio, with an arrangement for a refund when the 1st pair arrived. I only state this so other customers don't have unreasonable expectations of "ship me a new pair before you received the return".
I listened to the new Aras and they sounded 'right as rain'; with an in-phase signal, they had a clear center image, and with and out-of-phase signal (on one channel), they had a diffuse image and soundstage. It'll take more time to 'get to know' them, but I'll say there's no lack of bass!
Since I had the prior pair now also, I decided with some trepidation to try them as well. “What if my hearing was somehow ‘off’ before? I’ll be eating a lot of crow.” But trying them again, immediately I could hear they were wired with one channel out-of-phase, and by switching the phase of one channel (using a plugin) they sounded right.
Testing a little further with the same plugin, making the signal mono, when properly in-phase the image should be dead-center. But with the 'bad' pair of Aras, the signal was diffuse and uncentered, until I switched one channel out of phase. The new pair are again fine.
I'm glad the matter is largely resolve now, though I'll need to attempt again a return.
P.S. Note I paid for the 2nd pair with Bloom Audio, with an arrangement for a refund when the 1st pair arrived. I only state this so other customers don't have unreasonable expectations of "ship me a new pair before you received the return".
