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Move to a system that sound better at moderate volumes?

My system:

Thiel 2.4 Louspeakers
Ayre V-5xe 2 CH Stereo amp
Ayre K-5xeMP preamp
Ayre C-5xeMP disc player
Berkeley Audio DAC-2
SOTA Saphhire TT with Jelco 750E arm, Grado Sonata 1 cart
Plinius Jarrah Preamp

What I have noticed is that the system really sounds its best at louder volumes (>90dB) - it doesn't sound bad at more moderate volumes, but things don't really open up until it is above 85-90dB or so - which is nice, but I am wondering if I could replace things in it so that I could listen at much more moderate volumes with similalr levels of satisfaction.

There is no particular pattern to my listening - Jazz, Blues, Rock, Alternative, Bluegrass, Celtic, Classical ...

Any suggestions?
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Topic - Move to a system that sound better at moderate volumes? - Bromo33333 15:31:10 08/20/12 (51)

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