Hi Guys,Im new to the forum. My system consists of:
Nad c540 cd, Sony mds-jb940 minidisc
Nad c370 amp, c270 power amp, qed 2 interconnects
B&W cdm1 se, qed original bi-wire,
Rel Quake Sub
After giving up with having Nad amps repaired again I felt I needed an amp upgrade. I felt the pre amp route was the next move, I have just invested in roksan caspian pre and stereo amp as looked a good buy on ebay at the moment, my first impression was hmm a very similar sound to nad(playing cd) but after some warm up the detail and clarity started to shine, however, after my ears got used to the sound im thinking wow where the Nad amps that good there is more detail and dynamics with roksan but I feel my system sounds quite bright as when I put on a mini disc the sound is so much warmer and sounds better which makes me think is the cd player still giving me this distinctive nad sound? or is it the qed interconnects, Im going to invest in roksans own interconnect soon.but not sure how much difference the interconnect makes, Maybe im getting ahead of myself but I felt my b&w's would sound a bit softer, some cd's seem to shound really sharp if you know what I me? Im guessing mini disc should not sound better as this is compressed?Problem is now I live so far from a good hi fi retailer I cannot test maybe a new cd player or interconnects. Any advice would be much appreciated, oh is there such a thing as amp run in time, I keep thinking sound of amp is changeing only ran amp 5hrs.
Nad c540 cd, Sony mds-jb940 minidisc
Nad c370 amp, c270 power amp, qed 2 interconnects
B&W cdm1 se, qed original bi-wire,
Rel Quake Sub
After giving up with having Nad amps repaired again I felt I needed an amp upgrade. I felt the pre amp route was the next move, I have just invested in roksan caspian pre and stereo amp as looked a good buy on ebay at the moment, my first impression was hmm a very similar sound to nad(playing cd) but after some warm up the detail and clarity started to shine, however, after my ears got used to the sound im thinking wow where the Nad amps that good there is more detail and dynamics with roksan but I feel my system sounds quite bright as when I put on a mini disc the sound is so much warmer and sounds better which makes me think is the cd player still giving me this distinctive nad sound? or is it the qed interconnects, Im going to invest in roksans own interconnect soon.but not sure how much difference the interconnect makes, Maybe im getting ahead of myself but I felt my b&w's would sound a bit softer, some cd's seem to shound really sharp if you know what I me? Im guessing mini disc should not sound better as this is compressed?Problem is now I live so far from a good hi fi retailer I cannot test maybe a new cd player or interconnects. Any advice would be much appreciated, oh is there such a thing as amp run in time, I keep thinking sound of amp is changeing only ran amp 5hrs.