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ML 303 vs EDGE NL 10.1

iTunes into Benchmark DAC-1 usb was using a ML 383 have 'upgraded' to an EDGE NL10.1 / The upgrade is just not working. Everything that I used to love in the sound is gone. About the only improvement is more clarity in the high end but less realism and everything else is worse. Am now in the process of upgrading to the best speaker cables and interconnects I can afford but is it my ears or maybe not having an active preamp now or can the 383 at a fourth the cost be 'better' than the laser biased EDGE? What went wrong with my upgrade?
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wrtickle
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the edge may be revealing problems elsewhere in the system. or...the "edge sound" may not be right for your ears or system. to my ears, the edge amps are punishingly acccurate, but amazing in the right system playing a good recording.

I presume you have the benchmark dac1pre? or are you using the ML 383 pre section?

I don't think cables are going to be a panacea - they are good for tuning a system sound, but not wholesale changes. I'd save your money and audition some other amps - pass might be closer to the levinson sound you enjoyed.
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