Ear wax remover. Tall chair. Equip into closet.
The post above is correct about having clean ears. This is not a joke. There is stuff made by Murine (I think) called EAR that will disolve earwax. My system was sounding harsh and I cleaned my ears and suddenly the transients came back.
Second tweak was accidental. I bought one of those tall bentwood chairs from IKEA. The kind where the cushion comes up significantly above your head. Was rearranging furniture and put it in the "sweet" spot. What a difference! I think maybe the cushions absorb early/late/extra (?) reflections. Whatever, the image was substantially more focused.
I also put my equipment in a little closet at the end of my listening room. In my case the closet is somewhat centered, so it does not add much to the speaker cable run, and it provides great isolation. This is obviously most important with a turntable, but I suppose it helps CD's as well. Downside is you can't look at your cool gear , but you are supposed to have your eyes closed as noted above anyway.
The post above is correct about having clean ears. This is not a joke. There is stuff made by Murine (I think) called EAR that will disolve earwax. My system was sounding harsh and I cleaned my ears and suddenly the transients came back.
Second tweak was accidental. I bought one of those tall bentwood chairs from IKEA. The kind where the cushion comes up significantly above your head. Was rearranging furniture and put it in the "sweet" spot. What a difference! I think maybe the cushions absorb early/late/extra (?) reflections. Whatever, the image was substantially more focused.
I also put my equipment in a little closet at the end of my listening room. In my case the closet is somewhat centered, so it does not add much to the speaker cable run, and it provides great isolation. This is obviously most important with a turntable, but I suppose it helps CD's as well. Downside is you can't look at your cool gear , but you are supposed to have your eyes closed as noted above anyway.