System too harsh Help

That was it 100%. My speakers were too close together. I had to take into account the vaulted ceiling and room configuration. They were about 8-9 feet apart and now they are a good 15 feet apart.

The sound stage was good but its so much better , less compressed.

Thank you Jaybo.

I am very thank ful for the interaction shown by the audiogon community. I started the change when I sold my avalon Studio pros because someone stole my NP evolution sub....
I bought a set of revel preforma 30's.
I wanted a bigger amplifier..

I deceided to buy a parasound Halo 21 to replace my jeff rowland 102 amplifier. This led to my sale of some of my higher end cables.

I love my CD Player. It is both balanced and rca out.
The balanced section is not in the signal path of the tube. The RCA connection is. So I can use both and have
two differnt sounds come from the player. The tube is a 6H30 dr. Russian super tube. Consance reference 2.2
Upgrades available.

My nuforce p-8 has sold. output impeadance of 40 ohms.
The parasound P-3 is on the way. It has a 60 amp out put impeadance. It has balanced out and one balanced input. I will run CD player through both.

I have a Pioneer PL1000 turntable . I listen to records as much as I use cd's. The P-3 preamp has a built in phono pre.

I have some silver balanced interconnects from Audioparts.
I have a balanced set of HT precsionlinks, low cost.
I have a set of Balduer Nordost RCA. I currently use it in the signal path of the cd player . My goal is to find a better balanced set of cables that might help better on the Amp to preamp side and balanced side of the cd player.

I have solved the speaker placment problems and now await the arival of the P-3 Halo preamp next week.

I use p.s audio power cords Plus models.

I have had more money tied up in other systems before but want to go this route. I am not committed to purchaseing the Halo P-3 and could spend more if needed on another preamp.

One thing that I like about Jaybo's comment is that speaker
placment is a number one priority. If it takes care of the problem, thats great.

As far as other items , I see the benefit there too.
I could either buy new tweaks or just move the speaker.

Either way , it only enhances or fixes what you here from your system.

Thats why audio is such a personal preference that one hopfully comes to appreciate over time.

Thanks,

Ben

Opera Audio has a rep here in the U.S., Quest for Sound that does an upgrade on the unit I will try.

Thanks for the input..