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RE: TAS this:

Just as everything from the sniffles to an inevitably fatal disease seem to start out with "flu-like symptoms" it seems to me that almost anything that goes awry with stereos causes an 'edge in the upper mids'. Including poor recordings. Of course we may not be talking about exactly the same thing but I reckon that our ears are really sensitive to something in that region. I THINK that it has to do with the zero crossings of the upper harmonics falling behind because ironically it can often be improved by turning up the treble control if one's machine is so equipped. Although that tilts up the response, that is easier to listen through than whatever else was happening.

Probably a lot of things including dielectric absorption conspire to screw things up in that region so capacitors, interconnect cables et al can make surprising differences. The screeching violin syndrome. Tweeter crossovers are especially suspect so that could be why you prefer active as the parts can be perfecter (sorry for using a technical term) if analog or non-existent if digital.

Rick

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