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Posted by Yashu (A) on April 28, 2008 at 08:43:34

In Reply to: RE: why doesn't mid-fi harshness show up on FR tests? posted by BillyBuck on April 24, 2008 at 22:36:01

Mid-fi gear is going to sound OK driving easy loads, but remember flat response curves are not natural. It is not natural for enhanced treble in some of those ranges.

However, most mid-fi gear have smaller PSUs, trouble with <4ohm impedance, and most speakers have parts of their response with low impedance. Impedance graphs are important.

The other factor is the source. I have to turn the treble down a tad on some of the music I listen to on my "audiophile" gear. It is just a fact of life these days when everything is mixed so hot. Even old stuff, when they release a "remaster", it is remixed to be much hotter than the original. The loudness wars are in full effect, coupled with the poor amplification in mid-fi gear, and it's ability to adapt to many speakers, and you have an environment for some ear shrieking.

I think mid-fi makers need to work on a couple things... one is voicing, the other is a good amplification section, but also, just putting money into that section, rather than the latest DSP. It seems the "bells and whistles" take away from the component quality of the parts of the receiver that really matter, pre and output sections.

In the HT world, most people need to buy a separate 2 channel amp for, at least, their mains, even when they own one of the better 5.1 channel mid-fi receivers. This is *not* progress.

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