Digital Music sounds too bright?


If you feel your digital sound is too bright - I suggest you place a lightweight blanket over your tv screen or computer screen, if you have it placed between your main speakers. I did this and immediately heard a less edgy sound and improved separation between left and right channels.  I have a 55 inch screen between my mains (Tyler Acoustics). This easy and free tweak made a noticeable improvement for me. Hope it will for you too. 

(It makes complete sense that this will reduce some reflected sound. No one would ever recommend placing a mirror or window between main speakers, but a screen has the same effect. If you have a coffee table in front of you when listening, it also could reflect sound that undermines your speakers. Try covering it or moving it away). 
philtangerine

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Make sure you are using effective vibration absorbing footers under your digital as well as all other gear.  Vibrations/resonances are enemies to be defeated!
@pokey77   Perhaps "lovely" should be an audiophile term.  I'm certainly not in this endeavor to hear "ugly"!  

Oh crap!  It's not measurable.  Can't use it then?
An alternative for damping spinning CD, SACD etc. vibrations is  Herbie's Audio Lab's "Super Black Hole CD Mat".  It is $ 32.49.  The top of the mat is composed of carbon fiber for structural rigidity while the underside that attaches to your disc is made of a soft silicone that adheres the damper to your discs without an adhesive.  You can use this forever as you can remove it from one disc and stick it onto the next thus realizing its benefits of steadying the spinning disc as it's digital information is read by the laser.