Aego M owners in here please!

Aidoscuz

Aidoscuz

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I got a pair set of Aego Ms last December and I've had a very frustrating time with them. At first they sounded brilliant, just like everyone says they do. After a month or two they started acting up though, and the subwoofer became really quiet. I went through a lengthy RMA process which cost €40 for shipping, and finally got a replacement sub on Tuesday. I plugged them in and they sounded great. I thought everything was fine.

Then on Wednesday when I listened to them again, I got the same problem I had been experiencing before - the bass from the sub had all but disappeared. I'm pretty sure I'm not going mad and hearing things - I remember the sound of the bass and put the sub on the second setting. Now when I have it on level three and the bass control for my X-Fi on 100%, I'm still getting very little. Surely the floor should be shaking with settings like this? I get a fair bit of pretty distorted bass from the satellites, but very little from the sub.

What kind of settings are the Aego M users here using? And when you put your head up to the subwoofer, what do you hear? I just hear a faint rumbling.

Any help is greatly appreciated.
 
The sub has plenty of bass.

Obviously both the X-Fi drivers and sound in control panel should be set to 2.0/2.1 speakers.
Is the windows volume control and any volume control in your audio app maxed out?
Is the bass slider in the windows volume control > advanced button alright? (AFAIK the very centre is where it should be)
Are there any bass-killing equalizers set in your audio app or the X-Fi drivers?

http://www.badgerparade.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/30hz.wav

Download that and play it on loop. If you can't physically feel the bass slapping your hand in front of the sub at high volume then something is definitely wrong.
 
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Thanks for the advice.

The sub seems to have suddenly come alive for some reason! I turned the computer on today and was pleasantly surprised to hear some thumping bass greeting me :D I'm not sure what happened, but I'm not complaining. Hopefully they'll be fine from here on in...
 
I'm having the same problem here too.

Just got a RMA back today but to my dissapointment the bass was still quiet... then somehow it was excelent again... and now they are quite again. :( If this is what i'm having then i i'm not holding out much hope for your set.

Is this a problem that AE is working to fix or are we just unlucky?

When its working these speakers cant be beat, it would be a real shame to have to switch because of this.
 
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Hmm, that's kind of worrying. I really hope they don't go on the blink again - they just sound so damn good when they're working. I might send AE an email about the problem since I really want to keep using them.

By the way Colossus, have you tried using an mp3 player or a different source with the Aegos rather than your computer? Mine suddenly started working when I tried this. It was probably just coincidence but it might help to see if there's a problem with your soundcard or if it's definitely the speakers.
 
as mentioned above. rule out evrything else one by one

Sound card and all the cables

I know whenever i am messing around twith the cabling under the desk i losen the phono connectors that go into the satalites. causes sound dropout etc. worth a look just to make sure everything fits as it should
 
Spamalot said:
I found that the sub isnt that loud, no where near as loud as or bassy as my creatives 250D's. But the sound quality is brilliant, I like the lack of base.
Click to expand...

i've got a set of megaworks 250d's and am thinking of upgrading them to these ... worth it mate?

my bass is terrible , not impressed. a lot of power but sounds crap.
 
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