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everything sounded great until the upgrade

In short: I loved the sound of my modest system, until I upgraded my amp. Now it  sounds pretty horrible. It went from a warm sweet embracing easy-to-listen sound to knives and forks trying to escape from a bathtub.

So...

1. I can just unplug this new amp (used) and sell it

Any other options? I could upgrade my speakers but I have no budget for that.

2. I could sell the speakers and use money to buy used ones that go with the amp. 

3. Lastly I could change the source, but was it the culprit - to begin with?

btw - the sound of the "new" amp is decent with my turntable, and terrible with my CD player.

(If I wrote brands and models it would throw the discussion into "A sucks, B is great")

grislybutter

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james633
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I own an old Marantz like that. It was my Dads but I am not sure the model at the moment. Anyway old Marantz is super warm and I used it on some bright B&Ws with good results. 
 

I am a musical fidelity fan and have heard them sound great on a pair of wilson Sophia 3… tons of bass slam. But in your situation I personally would sell it. While good no point in buying colored speakes to work around a sound you don’t like. 
 

Anyway nothing new is as warm as old Marantz really. I think some McIntosh amps are similar to Marantz’s house sound ( I own both McIntosh and Marantz). Maybe something like the MA352 would do the trick as it is a touch warm or older Mac amps. The newer ones from the current line are more neutral. 

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