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Wadia direct into amp, Sound a bit too lean??

Hello everyone:
I need a little help here. I'm using my Wadia 861se direct into my Rowland 302 amp, but the sound is a bit too lean for my taste. I'd like to make the sound of my system to be fuller by changing the ICs. Any comment will be helpful. The rest of my system are: Avalon Eidolon, Acoustic zen silver reference II ICs, Hologram II speaker cables, MIT oracle AC2 for wadia.

Thanks,
Jerry
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mu6
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I'm quite familiar with the Avalon Eidolon and your problem could lay in the position of the speakers. Try to position them wider from each other and them sit closer. Look what will happen.
Also you need a good neutral pre amp like Ayre K-1x or Hovland HP200. Indeed any pre amp do colorate, but the benefits of a good pre amp are more important (control, fixed and wide/deep soundstage even at very low volumes). no volume controled cd player can beat these.
When your sound is still not full enough try NBS Black Label power cords on the Wadia.
hope this helps.
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