Hi, I was hoping that you could help me work through a problem that I am experiencing with my system.
First of all – Here’s my set-up (purchased in early February of this year..)
Rotel RSX-1056 Receiver
Rotel RMB-1075 Amp
All Paradigm Reference Speakers – 5.1
Yamaha 5 disc CD Changer
Sony DVD Player
LG 42” Plasma
A little background – I put this setup together because I wanted the best of both worlds – great video and superior audio sound. I would tell you though that good sounding music is my thing and the system was intended to be used more for playing music CDs than video..
I had a professional install the entire system using Coax wire and the front Studio 100 speakers are bi-amped using the 4 out of the 5 outputs from the RMB-1075 Amp. The rear speakers are connected to the receiver.
Now the issue – When I play music CDs on either the Yamaha CD Changer or the Sony, the sound appears to be very “muddy” – I could almost equate it to maybe a couple steps better than the sound of an AM radio. There’s not a lot of separation between highs and lows and the sound is definitely not what I had hoped for the money I shelled out for the system. I play music through 2 channel stereo or 5 channel stereo. What’s weird is that the sound is much clearer when I play DVDs or the Tuner…
I contacted the installer who checked all of the connections and settings which appeared to be fine. I contacted Rotel Tech support who asked me to change a couple of the settings on the RSX-1056, specifically setting the CDs to play using the Analog connections and not the optical connections. I would tell you that this helped a little bit but not enough. I also tried to adjust the tone settings (Highs and Lows) to suit more to my listening preference but I’m still not getting what I had hoped.
Here’s some other information which may or may not help.. The speakers are all set to “large” and the subwoofer is set to “max” so that I can get sound from it when I play 2 channel stereo. My distance / delay settings are all calibrated and the CDs default to “Stereo” so I know I’m not playing any of the music in Pro-logic, etc..
I’m fairly certain that there isn’t anything wrong with the equipment. I will also mention here that the CD sound appears to become clearer as I turn up the volume. Last night I had it cranked up to almost to “80” and the sound was sharper.
So, I’m asking if anyone has any other ideas or settings that I can try. Thank you in advance for your help.
First of all – Here’s my set-up (purchased in early February of this year..)
Rotel RSX-1056 Receiver
Rotel RMB-1075 Amp
All Paradigm Reference Speakers – 5.1
Yamaha 5 disc CD Changer
Sony DVD Player
LG 42” Plasma
A little background – I put this setup together because I wanted the best of both worlds – great video and superior audio sound. I would tell you though that good sounding music is my thing and the system was intended to be used more for playing music CDs than video..
I had a professional install the entire system using Coax wire and the front Studio 100 speakers are bi-amped using the 4 out of the 5 outputs from the RMB-1075 Amp. The rear speakers are connected to the receiver.
Now the issue – When I play music CDs on either the Yamaha CD Changer or the Sony, the sound appears to be very “muddy” – I could almost equate it to maybe a couple steps better than the sound of an AM radio. There’s not a lot of separation between highs and lows and the sound is definitely not what I had hoped for the money I shelled out for the system. I play music through 2 channel stereo or 5 channel stereo. What’s weird is that the sound is much clearer when I play DVDs or the Tuner…
I contacted the installer who checked all of the connections and settings which appeared to be fine. I contacted Rotel Tech support who asked me to change a couple of the settings on the RSX-1056, specifically setting the CDs to play using the Analog connections and not the optical connections. I would tell you that this helped a little bit but not enough. I also tried to adjust the tone settings (Highs and Lows) to suit more to my listening preference but I’m still not getting what I had hoped.
Here’s some other information which may or may not help.. The speakers are all set to “large” and the subwoofer is set to “max” so that I can get sound from it when I play 2 channel stereo. My distance / delay settings are all calibrated and the CDs default to “Stereo” so I know I’m not playing any of the music in Pro-logic, etc..
I’m fairly certain that there isn’t anything wrong with the equipment. I will also mention here that the CD sound appears to become clearer as I turn up the volume. Last night I had it cranked up to almost to “80” and the sound was sharper.
So, I’m asking if anyone has any other ideas or settings that I can try. Thank you in advance for your help.
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