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Musical Fidelity and Sonus Grand Piano too bright.

Hi All,

I'm finding that this set-up is a little on the bright side (acoustic guitar especially). Sometimes I get ear fatiuge. Everything is all burned in. I've had all the equipment for over one year.

I'm considering changing all the electronics, but not sure where to start. I'm looking for SS stuff with a tube-like sound. My price range would be something comparable to the MF stuff. My only contraint is that my new electronics must have an HT bypass.

My system consists of the following:
1)Sonus Grand Piano Home (not Domus);Walls & Solo
2)Musical Fidelity A308 Integrated
3)MF A3.24 DAC
4)Synergistic Alpha Quad Interconnects and Speaker Cables.

thanks,

Tghooper
tghooper

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tghooper OP
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I thought about doing some sort of isolation. This might be the most cost effective altnerative. Also want to add that I'm using the MF x10v3 Tube Buffer between the DAC and transport (old CD player), so my system just might need a little tweeking.
tghooper OP
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After some trials and tribulations, I changed pretty much all of the components (except for the speakers and speaker wires). Here's an updated list. Of course this may change in the next few months too and is still a work in progress. I hate this disease...
1)Cary SLP98L
2)Cary 308
3)Conrad Johnson MFA2250A
4)Audience interconnects
5)Vibrapods & Vibrapod cones

I forgot to mention in my earlier posting that my system is in the family room which has about 25 ft. ceilings and extends into the kithen. It's a big room. Also has leather furniture and glass coffee tables. I have learned one important thing in my quest to improve on my old system. The best electronics in the world cannot compensate for bad room acoustics. This is something that I'm going to have to live with, unless we move to another house.

The current system is a step up from what I had but it's still a tad bit bright.

My next change will be to get new speaker wires. I know that the Synergistics is not the perfect match, but I needed a 20 feet pair, so I bought these since they were reasonably priced. I may try Transparent. I also tried Audience, but found no improvment.

Another change is to go with an amp that is more "laid back". The CJ is a tab bit in your face. I bought this amp after reading that it has "tube like" qualities. But I found that this claim was somewhat true. I think a tube would not be a good fit since my room too big and the base would be too mussy. Any recommedations???

Thanks,
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