cymivka
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| Help. System sounds thin and bright or harsh Update. Seems like the bright sound gremlin was lurking in the Pass Labs amp. After new dac and preamp I finally unhooked the Pass and stuck in my older Nuforce V3 monoblocs that were just collecting dust. I'm very surprised how good they sound... | |
| Help. System sounds thin and bright or harsh Just tried Musetec 005 dac (already broken in) fed by Oppo bdp 105 via optical out (cd) with dac fed straight into the Pass Labs X250.5 (by passing Modwrighted tubed output) (jc2 headed back to Parasound for repair) Unfortunately my 105 does not h... | |
| Help. System sounds thin and bright or harsh Update: Thanks to yyzsantabarbara I learned that the jc2 pre amp is out of whack and since I bought yy's Musetec dac I am not willing to wait for the jc2 to be repaired. (shipping, turnaround time) . Just ordered a Benchmark LA4 preamp after he... | |
| Help. System sounds thin and bright or harsh I am considering the xp-12 but first want to try taking the Oppo out of the mix with a high end dac. I feel the sound gets more hashy and bright as the system warms up after being powered down overnight. (not real smooth or great sounding at the... | |
| Help. System sounds thin and bright or harsh My cardas cables are Clear Cygnus balanced/xlr from cd to pre and pre to amp. | |
| Help. System sounds thin and bright or harsh Mceljo: The 30'1's replaced Harbeth slh5's that were too boomy in the old listening room. Thought the 30.1's were just right with the right recordings coupled with the modwrighted oppo bdp 105. But I often felt things were harsh or brittle at ... | |
| Help. System sounds thin and bright or harsh pmiller115 that's the first I've ever heard from someone having the same front end and the same problem. Been thinking for a few years the front end might be the glaring issue. Incidentally I got the latest firmware update for the bpd 105 an... | |
| Help. System sounds thin and bright or harsh Interesting. Definitely thinking speaker change.( bigger warmer) For sure front end change new dac and new preamp, perhaps a Benchmark HPA 4. Not much to look at (who cares) but great reviews. Tired of the system dictating the type of music I pla... | |
| Help. System sounds thin and bright or harsh I fully intend to use room treatments. already using cloth at first reflection points on side walls. Used dedicated treatments before to try and tame Harbeth slh5's with boomy bass in my old listening room. (ended up way overdamped, got rid of a... | |
| Help. System sounds thin and bright or harsh I think I need to try a different pre amp the ooomph has gone away. Not as bright and brittle but less weight. | |
| Help. System sounds thin and bright or harsh Another update and reversal. Spoke with Mark at Reno HIFI where the Pass amp came from (x250.5) After telling me that the amp is likely not the culprit and describing what I SHOULD hear if something in the amp was failing. I finally hooked up th... | |
| Help. System sounds thin and bright or harsh UPDATE Thanks all. As i mentioned, looks like it IS the Pass Labs amp. Powered down all components overnight...turned it on the next morning things were very much improved. THEN, next day, turned everything off EXCEPT for the Pass and things wer... | |
| Help. System sounds thin and bright or harsh ah! Im a luddite (LOL) I have no internet interface with the system whatsoever. Silly, cuz I need to get into down loading and maybe streaming but want to do it right and there are SO many paths to follow. Need to research. But I now feel the am... | |
| Help. System sounds thin and bright or harsh Very interesting. Sound from the system in a test last night dropped out to there was no meat on the bones of the sound. so bad I quickly changed tubes for the oppo output...still very anemic and brittle sound. Decided to power the whole system ... | |
| Help. System sounds thin and bright or harsh As for the Oppo settings. They are pretty straight forward punched up on a tv screen. .Gone through them many times. Of course once settings are confirmed, I turn tv off and hit the "pure audio" button |