robpriore

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My system's high frequencies hurt my ears
Before toeing out the speakers I listened to the Doors Soul Kitchen in 24/96 and Adele's Rolling In The Deep 16/44. The highs are uncomfortable. I toed out the speakers several degrees and played the tracks again. There was an improvement. I conti... 
My system's high frequencies hurt my ears
Just based on the comments it really seems like this is a speaker issue. I'm planning to audition some new equipment and I was going to start with a DAC, possibly the Hegel HD20. However, it seems the right thing to do is start with some modern sp... 
My system's high frequencies hurt my ears
I have them setup so the tweeters do in fact point directly at the listeners ears, but for imaging this is pretty key. The mirages have to be placed with precision for the bipolar effects to work as designed, at least according to the manual. 
My system's high frequencies hurt my ears
I thought the speakers could be to blame but I called Mirage and they suggested the idea of too much signal processing being the culprit. Anyone out there have a sense that too much processing makes things worse?