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[3db]

My mains are still "harsh" and I hope Audyssey or Trinnov would help in this regards. I've tested Dave Mathews in Dolby True HD so far and the strumming of the guitar and his voice sounds quite "piercing" while Chris Boti's 5.1 LPCM trumpet's and AIX Recordings' Sampler 2 DVD-A/DVD-Video sounds amazing.

This harshness is more related to the acoustics of the room and or the speakers themselves. The amp/pre-amp has very little effect on this

 

[codexp3]

This harshness is more related to the acoustics of the room and or the speakers themselves. The amp/pre-amp has very little effect on this

Agreed 100%. Good amps all sound about the same. If there are differences they are VERY minor. I have bryston monos, mcintosh stereos, and a sunfire multi, in the same room on the same set of speakers I can't pick them out in an A/B. I have the 5200 just like you, and it sounds no different than the 8k brystons or the 9k McInstosh. People waste too much money upgrading their amplifiers, the speakers and the room is where you'll notice a difference.

 

[ned]

Agreed 100%. Good amps all sound about the same. If there are differences they are VERY minor. I have bryston monos, mcintosh stereos, and a sunfire multi, in the same room on the same set of speakers I can't pick them out in an A/B. I have the 5200 just like you, and it sounds no different than the 8k brystons or the 9k McInstosh. People waste too much money upgrading their amplifiers, the speakers and the room is where you'll notice a difference.

The room has been treated with different acoustic products.

 

[3db]

It may be your speakers then if the room has been treated acoustically

 

[ned]

It may be your speakers then if the room has been treated acoustically

Maybe but why does it only effect certain recordings?

 

[mtrycrafts]

Maybe but why does it only effect certain recordings?

Perhaps the recording itself is of poor quality?
The room, room treatment, amp, pre, is not selective as to which CD it will mess up, or not.

 

[3db]

Maybe but why does it only effect certain recordings?

Like Mytrs is saying, its probablly just the recordings then. Not all recordings are good and good systems have away of not hiding bad recordings.

 

[ned]

Perhaps the recording itself is of poor quality?
The room, room treatment, amp, pre, is not selective as to which CD it will mess up, or not.

That was what I originally thought in the above threads until 3db suggested otherwise.