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Warm Tube Amp(s) to Tame Hyper-Accurate Speakers?

I have these Spendor D9.2's mated to an MC275 VI and the mids and highs are still too much, sometimes.  Sometimes the sound is sublime based on the recording, sometimes harsh.  I imagine perhaps Focal and B&W folks know what I speak of, maybe not Magico owners.  Even using a C2700 tube pre-amp.  Can this be solved with a WARM tube amp, and if so, which ones?  I like my MC275 VI but I am open to suggestions.

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antigrunge2
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…..that’s precisely why I suggested putting damping pads on the first reflection point. Crossing in front of the listening position can collapse the soundstage

antigrunge2
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Have you tried playing with inverse toe in? In other words put the speakers to point at the side walls at your listening position, then gradually move towards the paralell position until you have no blind spot in the middle of the soundstage. (You may need some Isolation on the first reflection point on the sidewalls to make it work. Changing the amp seems to me completely the wrong approach. Alternatively putting a large shaggy carpet in front of your listening position may achieve similar gains.Sometimes putting isolation boards on the ceiling halfway from the listening position also works

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