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Listening fatigue

This may be low-brow for Audiogon folks due to the nature of the gear, but here goes: I have a pair of Totem Mites driven by an NAD 326BEE, with an NAD 345BEE disc player and a Velodyne SPL-800 in my master bedroom (carpeted, basically about 15X20 with a small entry hall). The problem is fatigue – if the volume goes up, it gets to be too much very quickly. I've tried different speaker locations and padding on the first points of reflection, but it hasn't helped much. I'm using 12 gauge wire, but would an upgrade here help? Or is it an unfortunate component combo? Any suggestions would be appreciated ... thanks.
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Funny, I experienced fatigue just a couple of nights ago for the first time in ages. I was listening to vinyl at a very reasonable volume.

"as always, YMMV"

I played in bands off and on for years and I would never (now, at least) want to recreate those levels of sound pressure in my private listening. Those guys at the soundboard have made themselves deaf and are gradually doing the same to you.
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