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Music Lane It's all about the music, dude! Sit down, relax and listen to some tunes. |
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Music Lane It's all about the music, dude! Sit down, relax and listen to some tunes. |
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In Reply to: I wanted to thank everyone for their posted by jult52 on July 1, 2012 at 04:18:40:
I don't really know where to begin other than by saying that it seems you have a system guaranteed to create the kinds of problems that you are describing.
Let me start by saying that live strings, no matter where in the audience that I sit (for that matter even sitting on stage) never sound harsh to me...that is live string sounds are never overlaid with the kind of digital distortions that you are describing.
Class D amplification sounds extremely wrong to my ears and seems to distort that sound that it reproduces. I don't know why, but Class D amplification alone can create the kind of problems you are describing. Compare the sound of Class D to Class A amplification. I think going to Class A will make a world of difference.
Furthermore, lets not overlook the digital source. These add digital distortions that overlay the sound. I find SACD to be the least distorted and closest to analog of the digital sources. When done right, it can fool me quite easily into thinking that I am hearing live music. I use SACD for my most critical listening, especially my most critical listening to classical music.
Moreover, when I have auditioned Magnepan speakers I found that they had a narrow band peak or break-up that added shriek and glassiness around 1-2 kHz, the problem area that you are describing with regard to orchestral strings.
What you have is a recipe for disaster...Class D amplification, a lower resolution digital source and speakers that act up at problematic frequencies.
First thing I would do is to try Class A amplification, then add an SACD source. I think these two steps alone might cure the problem.
The final step would be to address the speakers. Truth be told, I have not found many that do not have the same kinds of problems.
The Dynaudio line might be one to investigate as their abiding characteristic seems to be an exacting neutrality that gets out of the way of orchestral string sounds.
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- Lots of problems - layman 11:07:00 07/01/12 (4)
- layman - jult52 09:04:47 07/02/12 (3)
- Reducing distortions - layman 19:06:29 07/02/12 (2)
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