@thecarpathian - are you sure it’s not your hearing? Did you test recently?
Avoidance maybe from pride or fear is unwise. Sooner diagnosis may allow correction or from getting worse.
Help! Treble Trouble!
Ok, cognoscenti, put your coconuts together.
The system I've put together at the house I stay in while working out of state has a problem. I have nonexistent treble at my listening position, particularly cymbals, high hats, etc. Not a toe in/toe out room problem as I can sit right in front of either speaker and stick my ear two feet from tweeters and hardly anything. Can hear it ear stuck right up to them. My high frequency hearing is fine. This happens with any source, digital or analog. Not the speakers as it happens with either the two sets I have here. Happens with to different amps also, Odyssey Stratos with plenty of juice and a Belles Aria integrated. The common denominator in this I think is my dac. Is it possible my trusty old Mytek is somehow conking out and causing this?
Mids and bass are smooth and clear, just missing a lot of highs and it's mucking up my listening enjoyment. So, what do you guys think?
Gear here:
Odyssey Stratos amp,
Belles Integrated,
Mytek Stereo 192-DSD dac
Living Sounds Audio LSA20 signature speakers
Avance Epsilon980 speakers
Denon dp-57l turntable
LeJonklou Slipsik 7.1 phono pre
Audiolab 6000cdt transport.
Thanks!
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My sweetheart is 1200 miles away. Next time I have a family member over, I’ll ask them what they hear. My 3-4k hearing is fine. Just tested it loud and clear. Did discover something interesting. If you’re familiar with the Beatles ’I Will’, from ’The White Album’, Ringo is hitting something that makes a sound like a hollow coconut. It’s also the last sound you hear at the end of the song. I play it on ’The White Album’ it’s as prominent as can be. If I play it on their ’Love Songs’ album, it’s as if it doesn’t exist in the song, like it was never there. Figure that one out. |
@bthrb4u , No jumpers. |
@OP Just listened to I Will in both versions - from youtube on my laptop speakers. The percussion part is quite audible on both versions. The youtube White Album is a 2009 remix which, as it happens, has a more presence energy than the compilation. That's audible on the percussion and on the electric guitar parts. I have an earlier copy of the White Album on vinyl. I'll have a listen to it this evening - I suspect it will sound like the compilation.
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