a bit of hi'er fi discontent

[Auricauricle]

I'm not one hundred percent on this, aA, but I would say that you are suffering from what some poor, afflicted souls who have taken up this horrible hobby call The Great Sickness. Increasingly better equipment will, correspondingly, increasingly reveal the limitations of your source material. If, for example, you own a CD that was recorded and remastered with certain limitations, etc. in place, a mediocre CD player will resolve the material in a fairly benign way. On the other hand, if you play that disc on a machine that is capable of great resolution, the machine will pull out the quirks of the old medium.

Frankly, my dear friend, you're screwed.

Welcome to the sanatarium!

[JohnMichael]

aA I do not remember what components you have in your system. Knowing that may help us help you. I am also a believer in choosing the right cables for your system. Some cables can emphasize a certain frequency range that becomes fatiguing after a while.