How to make sound less detailed with warmth?


Hello All,

I am quite new to audio stuff... just been listening to my current set up for about a year.

CD Player: RCD-1072
Preamp: Sonic Frontier SFL-1
Poweramp: BK M-200 Sonata Series
Speaker: Thiel 1.3
Cable: Not sure...

I liked detailed sound at first but now I am more into musical and warm sound. It becomes a pain when I listen to violin on my current system. So my question is which part should I change to make my system sound more musical?

One more question: My BK M-200 Power amp just died on me. Is it a wise decision to send the unit back to B&K or get it fixed here?!?! Please let me know.

Thank you!
patch1980

Showing 1 response by cytocycle

Take out your 1.5" thick butcher block cutting board from the kitchen and put it under your rotel CD player and also try one under your preamp. If your components are on MDF, I found that it sucks the life out your components when damping.

You could also change out the tubes in your sonic frontiers preamp to warm things up.

You might see about getting an estimate to fix the B&K as I spent $160 repairing my Carver amp which was only worth $140... and I regretted spending the money since I could have sold it by stating "Broken Carver" and someone would have spent 20-40 for it to use it as a project or fix it themselves.