Can you help me understand the experience?

[Florian]

I don't want to tick you off, but you can upgrade your amps, preamps, cd-player, cables, speakers, power conditioners etc... and fix those problems.

My first Maggies were too sharp too in the beginning and the more i moved up the line the better it sounds. Its the quest for perfection or whatever goal someone has.

-Flo

PS: Try a different amp and see if its gone

[topspeed]

I don't want to tick you off, but you can upgrade your amps, preamps, cd-player, cables, speakers, power conditioners etc... and fix those problems.

Unless it's the software, agreed? In this case, a more revealing system will only exacerbate the problem. Bad software over a good system is still bad software .

To the OP,

RL said it best, the answer to your question is "Yes." It could be anything: amp distortion, speaker limitations, room interaction, etc. The first thing you need to do is locate the problem. Try different cd's and see if the problems still persists. Move your speakers around and/or install some cheap treatments (plants, curtains, rugs, etc.) to try to tame the room. Switch out the speakers with something else. Borrow another amp. You can't fix it if you don't know what it is.

Hope this helps.

[Florian]

What recording is it? If you send me the file i can run it on the DIVA and tell you if its bad or not. Agreed, there is some crappy software out there but i have refound discs with the DIVA which i had never used with my other systems and hear details like never before.

Cheers

Flo