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Where's the rest of the music???

I have a problem with my system and I'm hoping someone can provide me with some ideas. I have a modest system (outlined below) and I listen to a lot of jazz and some HT. The HT sounds fine but I'm having problems with 2 channel. Almost everything I listen to sounds very vocal heavy. The vocals shine but the accompaniment is very faint, especially the low end. Overall I don't think that my system is as full sounding as it should be (most things sound better through my cheap headphones).

I would say that the only thing I've found that I'm happy with is the new Diana Krall "Live in Paris" DVD. This sounds excellent on my system but if I listen to it straight through headphones it is extremely bass heavy.

Lately I've upgraded my cables and my amp, which has provided some improvement. I also have a REL Strata III on the way which I'm hoping will fill it out a little more. Any other advice would be appreciated.


Here's my current setup after upgrades:

Speakers: B&W CDM-1s
CD: Yamaha CDC-765
Pre: Yamaha V992 (not using amp portion)
Amp: B&K AV5000
Cables: Signal Cable IC and biwire speaker cable

Thanks,
warehouse

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warehouse OP
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Thanks for the suggestions. For grins I connected my CD player straight to the amp (bypassing the Yamaha). Seemed to provide a little improvement but still not great. This leads me to believe that either it's my speakers, CD player, or my room setup. I'll keeep playing around with positioning and see if things improve.
warehouse OP
9 posts
 
I have to tell you that you guys are great. I have tried several of the suggestions here as well as working with speaker placement and now my system is sounding sweeeet! I'm not sure exactly what it was but I'm not going to mess with success. I think it also helped that I let my new cables burn in.

I still have to turn up my bass knob slightly on my Yamaha but that's probably just making up for the less that perfect electronics.

Thanks again!
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