Hey Folks,
As noted in an earlier thread, I am struggling with strident mids in a system I am auditioning. I have tried changing room dynamics, wire, cables, breaking in more, etc, but the mids are still too strong for my ears, leading to fatigue and an urge to turn it down - which is hardly the end result I want! All the other aspects are breathtakingly beautiful, details, imaging, etc., but the mids detract. I listen to multichannel music 40%, 2 channel music 50%, movies 10%.
The commom denomiinator is the amp. ( I ran the B&W's with a receiver, and although the sound was relatively anemic, the mids were fine. I then tried my old speakers with the Rotel Amp, and they too had very forward mids compared to the way they sounded with the receiver).
So I'm in the market for a quality amp, one that matches or exheeds the build quality, detail and power of the Rotel 1095, but with more subtle mids (for example at the range of Nora Jone's voice - it should never be piercing).
Do you folks have any ideas? Classe? Mac?
System I'm auditioning:
Rotel 1068 pre/pro (love it)
Rotel 1095 amp
B&W 703 (but mayl also audition Def Tech 7001)
Source is Sony DVP 975 DVD/CD/SACD, but using digitial cables for all but SACD, so the Rotel is doing the processing.
As noted in an earlier thread, I am struggling with strident mids in a system I am auditioning. I have tried changing room dynamics, wire, cables, breaking in more, etc, but the mids are still too strong for my ears, leading to fatigue and an urge to turn it down - which is hardly the end result I want! All the other aspects are breathtakingly beautiful, details, imaging, etc., but the mids detract. I listen to multichannel music 40%, 2 channel music 50%, movies 10%.
The commom denomiinator is the amp. ( I ran the B&W's with a receiver, and although the sound was relatively anemic, the mids were fine. I then tried my old speakers with the Rotel Amp, and they too had very forward mids compared to the way they sounded with the receiver).
So I'm in the market for a quality amp, one that matches or exheeds the build quality, detail and power of the Rotel 1095, but with more subtle mids (for example at the range of Nora Jone's voice - it should never be piercing).
Do you folks have any ideas? Classe? Mac?
System I'm auditioning:
Rotel 1068 pre/pro (love it)
Rotel 1095 amp
B&W 703 (but mayl also audition Def Tech 7001)
Source is Sony DVP 975 DVD/CD/SACD, but using digitial cables for all but SACD, so the Rotel is doing the processing.
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