My prior response is a bit extreme! I just also bought a Sony ???555ES 300CD changer at a closout price and now want to return it. The thing just has that "bad" sound. Even through my D/A converter. In the past I made a terrible mistake.. I had a Hafler DH110 and traded it in for a Sony 1000ES digital preamp. What a FOOL!!!!! I actually stopped listening to music completely. I really didn't realize the stinking preamp was the reason 'till much later. Then I dumped that junk!!! So I am a bit sensitive to the dangers of "digititus". And angry at myself for buying another pile of scrap. (I am taking it back after a week of use. The sales contract says I can return it and I hope all goes well.. then I can buy a GOOD used CD player!!!)
smoothing those sibilants...
I appreciate the feedback on the interconnect post I made a few days ago, and here is my next question: If I am attempting to smooth out the sound of a "low-end-of-the-high-end" system, reducing grain while retaining detail (and looking for a warmer more "classic tube sound"), where is my energy/$$$ best spent? Would it be the digital source itself, the interconnects, the input tubes, the speaker cables, or the speakers? Or something else? (System info can be seen under the post entitled "need interconnect advice", and there are some new interconnects on the way.)
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