I have the Mc462 and a c53 and they are not super bright or etched or whatever you're hearing there. They're actually really neutral. Your room is probably bright or the speakers themselves. Running your set up with treble at -4 indicated there's an issue imo. You can download a free app like RTA analyzer and set your tone controls to neautral and play a few songs and you can see in real time if the treble in the room is tipped up or not and at what frequencies. If you use Roon you can then adjust it very finitely to trim down whichever frequencies are unusually bright.
Is my new amp TOO GOOD?
I recently took advantage of the McIntosh Upgrade program. I traded my MA352 integrated hybrid for the C2800 tube preamp + MC462 ss power amp. I have a large room with Revel Studio 2 speakers (with beryllium tweeters), and two SVS subs. I also have some room treatments on the walls.
I traded up because I wanted to see if I could more detail with the extra watts while keeping the tube sound I like.
So now I have much more detail, but its sometimes too much. Higher frequencies - like high pitched loud vocals, and some of the detail now sounds almost like static. If I turn the volume way up I can hear that its another guitar or a background vocal.
I have turned the treble down from -1 to -4, and I can't listen at 90 db all the time.
Does anyone have any suggestions about adjusting the eq/
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