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How do you get the "real" feel of music?

There is a certain "real" feeling that I get when I go to a live concert. It's more of "feeling" the music instead of "hearing" it. That feeling, I think, comes from percussion instruments. I'd like to get that feel in my home stereo but it's not there. In my home, snare drums don't pop, I don't feel the bass drum in my chest, and rim shots don't exist. Is there a way to get that presence in a small system?

I'm not rich, and I don't want to hear, "Scrap all your sorry equipment and get a Krell, Bryston and HSU..." so with that in mind, I've got a 12x16 room with:

Sony DVP-NS500 DVD
JVC HR-S5900 VCR
Harman Kardon AVR80 II as a pre-amp
Parasound HCA-1205 power amp

I have used
Definitive Technologies BP-6
Polk Audio R40, CS-175, and PSW-250
Bose Accoustimass 5
Bose R-41

Is there any hope?
beetle63

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6chac
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1) Try to simplify you system !!!
2) Get rid of your preamp!!! And get a Wadia Cd Player with digital volume control and connect it directly to your amp. You will get to feel the music. I have the best system and I could not feel anything, until I connect my Wadia's directly to amps. Let me tell you, my preamp used to be the Mark Levinson No.26S. That many consider it is the reference preamp, by today standard. Hope this help.

Regards
William

PS. Get rid og you Bose's.
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