Whenever I listen to two channel stereo, there are many instances that I hear sounds in the high register that are not a part of the musical spectrum...or at least are not an accurate representation of the musical spectrum. I think the sounds are supposed to be violins or a group of violins but I am not absolutely sure of that. Most of the violin music on my current system are very accurate representations of the violin...and yet at times there will be these extraneous sounds that could very well be a reflection of my audio gear...either the CD player or the amplifier...or perhaps a bad CD. I have heard this sound on some very expensive gear, however, and I have never found anyone to fully understand what I am talking about. I can best describe it as a sound that ought to be a violin sound, but has in some way been degraded in the process - it might be what some have called 'grain' (not a continuous wave sound)...

The reason I'd like to know if anyone else has ever encountered this peculiar anomaly is that I'd like to get rid of it, and I don't know from which component it might be coming. Could it be the speaker? The CD Player? The Integrated Amplifier? The CD? I recently auditioned a Bryston Integrated amplifier in place of my usual NAD C370 Integrated amp...and the peculiar sound was in both amplifiers...the CD player was constant. This tempts me to try another CD player to see if I note any change. If no one responds to this 'thread' I plan to 'turn myself in' very soon.

Bingo