I have recently upgraded to a relatively resolving and detailed setup (see bio) and I am finding that a lot of my favorite recordings were not so well done and sound shrill and harsh. On well recorded and mastered music the sound is almost jaw-droppingly good, however I listen to alot of electronic/hiphop/dnb/reggae music and the level of compression, lack of detail and overall poor SQ is annoying me to the point where it is affecting what i listen to (not a good thing!!!).
I know things like valve amplification can be used to smooth things out, but is there in my case a single component that I could upgrade to bring some more life in my more poorly recorded material?
I am kind of hoping a DAC upgrade will solve the issue as I believe this to be the 'bottleneck' in the system and what I am looking to upgrade next.
I know things like valve amplification can be used to smooth things out, but is there in my case a single component that I could upgrade to bring some more life in my more poorly recorded material?
I am kind of hoping a DAC upgrade will solve the issue as I believe this to be the 'bottleneck' in the system and what I am looking to upgrade next.