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Can good speakers take edge off digital?

I have a pair of Quad 12L2 speakers hooked up to an 845 SET. When I am listening to analog, the system sounds fine. But with digital, well, it has that bit of the digital edginess. Can a better pair of speakers, say the Zu Druid, take the edge off the digital?
toufu
toufu OP
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I am using Monarchy NM24 tube DAC and Marantz SA-15S1 SACD player.
paulfolbrecht
586 posts
 
Actually 'worse' speakers are likely to take the edge off better.

But the way to cure your problem is with a good non-oversampling/filterless DAC.
toufu OP
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Any suggestion under for $1000?
bob_bundus
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Interconnects & AC cords. Line conditioning. Shelving & footers. Fix the CD source: tweak or upgrade it. The rig sounds good otherwise, so don't mess with it.
edo_musica
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02-07-09: Toufu
I am using Monarchy NM24 tube DAC and Marantz SA-15S1 SACD player.
I have a monarchy nm24 as well, no edginess when using it with my powered monitors or my devores. I use a computer source. I am sure you know that the monarchy DAC's tube outputs are the lower connectors - the SS output is much "crisper" than the tube output.
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