In Reply to: What about the room? posted by slapshot on June 17, 2011 at 14:20:13:
I have had the same experience over the same amount of time. My equipment is older than yours,but the harshness comes exactly as you described only on certain cd's and certain labels. I find the harshness in (upper middle range) has moderated considerably, however. You have to use some acoustical imagination and ingenuity in arranging furniture and objects. I moved or got rid of as much metal and glass(print frames) as I could while keeping my environment comfortable. I went back to listen, to a dealer who uses much more expensive equipment than my own, with same familiar cd's . I heard nearly the same things on those cd's. The room environment and the position of the speakers is at least as important as the equipment- a well know mantra of the maggies. I believe the majority of classical cd's that I own are floored. Less so with the identical recordings on vinyl. I am still delightfully happy but have not given up on working on the acoustical surroundings. Peter Gunn think they are inherent in the design Jonathan Valin of Absolute Sound does not. So there you go . (But will buy a new amp and cd player for the fun of it.)
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