Hello to everybody out there,
it´s my first post here after reading and learning a lot about hifi. Since i got my "new" setup i became a frustrated hifi-enthusiast, before i was just a music-lover because i was happy and "married" with my old setup that i got for about more than 20 years. I had a Harman Kardon HK 6100 amp, Heybrook HB 1 speakers, a Marantz CDP from the 90´s. I gave away all this devices and bought the Rotel RA 05, RCD 06 and B&W CM5 3,5 year before. My turntable Thorens TD 146 MK V is still in use or better to say not in use anymore because i stopped listening to music at all recently. Also TV and BRP is connected and the sound is just ok then when i don´t listen too loud. It´s a quite new Sony Bravia. Not to forget: i usually listened to music with a MacMini, before MacBook and earlier with a PowerMac, connected in simple old-fashioned way.(a DAC- what for?
) The sound on my old system was always very very good, each source, especially vinyl was a kind of celebration.I will describe my old system for making some things clear that i am missing now. I could listen very silent and also very loud, when i had guests we could talk even with decent volume of music running beside, the sound never ever was annoying. When i was singing with the music- l really like to do that - my voice was melting with the sound. Now it´s impossible to listen to music besides, even on very low volume it is annoying because it´s a "fight" between our voices and the music from the speakers. My old system was filling the living-room as good as the rest of the flat, i even don´t had to take care about the sweet-spot. One thing more i must tell you: i will never forget the first dvd on my old system. A friend came to me with his laptop and the movie "Amelie" because at this time i had no player and just a simple small tv. Watching the movie was quite nice but the sound was stunning. I heard slapping doors in the neighborhood on my speakers but thought it was somewhere in my flat. Another movie that really impressed my with the sound: "Walk the Line"- this is not my music but the movie touched me and i loved it- but only on my old system. Long time before a friend asked me for taking my stereo to an opening party in her restaurant. Even there my system was a "star", the people liked it very much and i played the music loud… Now more details about what is annoying and distressing me and i would like to ask what you think the problem is. Listening at low volumes is useless because there is not much to listen to- on higher volumes the sound becomes hard and harsh, especially the higher deep tones and especially the midtones are really hurting my ears. it´s not detailed and just too much in the foreground but: it depends on and i don´t know where the "rule" is- of course it depends on the recording and the system gives me maybe much more information about the quality but even very good recordings can sound so poor and thin- others are suddenly very ok, so not all of my music does annoy me but i can say at least 80% is impossible to listen to and that is not enough. I am a big fan of David Bowie, he is my only icon in rock-music, and his music is a waste of time on this system. I like so much his voice of course and the drummer and bassplayer on his famous 70´s albums. It´s a big fail, no punch, no timing and his voice sounds terrible. I also like a lot other music, from jazz to classics- actually almost the whole range. Electro is mostly ok, this typical dynamic bass of modern produced music is not a problem for the speakers and they can take it better than my old speakers but they doesn´t give me pleasure, they are playing for themselves but not for me. Sometimes the speakers can impress me but they don´t do for giving me pleasure.I am listening to them but not to the music.Something strange that let me think it´s maybe the amp that is not right.. when i watch tv or a movie and there is music in the background but not very silent i sometimes wake up and snap my fingers but when i search for the original if i got it on dvd or as a file it´s disappointing me as usual.. another curious thing: in summer as it was around 30°C in my flat the allover sound was a bit better.. am i strange or crazy? please tell me and tell my what would you do at my place- thinking about changing the amp at first or shall i blame the speakers(as i always thought)?The room acoustics are quite "normal"(22m2) i would say and i got decent stands, custom-made, heavy, sand-filled and a bit expensive. I also tried everything in positioning, spikes yes or no. The speakers are in front of a massive wall in distance of 40cm.So i have to do something finally, want to listen to music as in the past. Thanks in advance for help and advices and greetings from Berlin.
it´s my first post here after reading and learning a lot about hifi. Since i got my "new" setup i became a frustrated hifi-enthusiast, before i was just a music-lover because i was happy and "married" with my old setup that i got for about more than 20 years. I had a Harman Kardon HK 6100 amp, Heybrook HB 1 speakers, a Marantz CDP from the 90´s. I gave away all this devices and bought the Rotel RA 05, RCD 06 and B&W CM5 3,5 year before. My turntable Thorens TD 146 MK V is still in use or better to say not in use anymore because i stopped listening to music at all recently. Also TV and BRP is connected and the sound is just ok then when i don´t listen too loud. It´s a quite new Sony Bravia. Not to forget: i usually listened to music with a MacMini, before MacBook and earlier with a PowerMac, connected in simple old-fashioned way.(a DAC- what for?
) The sound on my old system was always very very good, each source, especially vinyl was a kind of celebration.I will describe my old system for making some things clear that i am missing now. I could listen very silent and also very loud, when i had guests we could talk even with decent volume of music running beside, the sound never ever was annoying. When i was singing with the music- l really like to do that - my voice was melting with the sound. Now it´s impossible to listen to music besides, even on very low volume it is annoying because it´s a "fight" between our voices and the music from the speakers. My old system was filling the living-room as good as the rest of the flat, i even don´t had to take care about the sweet-spot. One thing more i must tell you: i will never forget the first dvd on my old system. A friend came to me with his laptop and the movie "Amelie" because at this time i had no player and just a simple small tv. Watching the movie was quite nice but the sound was stunning. I heard slapping doors in the neighborhood on my speakers but thought it was somewhere in my flat. Another movie that really impressed my with the sound: "Walk the Line"- this is not my music but the movie touched me and i loved it- but only on my old system. Long time before a friend asked me for taking my stereo to an opening party in her restaurant. Even there my system was a "star", the people liked it very much and i played the music loud… Now more details about what is annoying and distressing me and i would like to ask what you think the problem is. Listening at low volumes is useless because there is not much to listen to- on higher volumes the sound becomes hard and harsh, especially the higher deep tones and especially the midtones are really hurting my ears. it´s not detailed and just too much in the foreground but: it depends on and i don´t know where the "rule" is- of course it depends on the recording and the system gives me maybe much more information about the quality but even very good recordings can sound so poor and thin- others are suddenly very ok, so not all of my music does annoy me but i can say at least 80% is impossible to listen to and that is not enough. I am a big fan of David Bowie, he is my only icon in rock-music, and his music is a waste of time on this system. I like so much his voice of course and the drummer and bassplayer on his famous 70´s albums. It´s a big fail, no punch, no timing and his voice sounds terrible. I also like a lot other music, from jazz to classics- actually almost the whole range. Electro is mostly ok, this typical dynamic bass of modern produced music is not a problem for the speakers and they can take it better than my old speakers but they doesn´t give me pleasure, they are playing for themselves but not for me. Sometimes the speakers can impress me but they don´t do for giving me pleasure.I am listening to them but not to the music.Something strange that let me think it´s maybe the amp that is not right.. when i watch tv or a movie and there is music in the background but not very silent i sometimes wake up and snap my fingers but when i search for the original if i got it on dvd or as a file it´s disappointing me as usual.. another curious thing: in summer as it was around 30°C in my flat the allover sound was a bit better.. am i strange or crazy? please tell me and tell my what would you do at my place- thinking about changing the amp at first or shall i blame the speakers(as i always thought)?The room acoustics are quite "normal"(22m2) i would say and i got decent stands, custom-made, heavy, sand-filled and a bit expensive. I also tried everything in positioning, spikes yes or no. The speakers are in front of a massive wall in distance of 40cm.So i have to do something finally, want to listen to music as in the past. Thanks in advance for help and advices and greetings from Berlin.
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