It could be that a new very good component now shows up how relatively poor the others are. This is common and if not careful leads you down the never ending audio rabbit hole. You buy better speakers, better speakers now need better amp, better amp now needs better DAC, better DAC now needs better source, all done, NIRVANA, no the old speakers are now the weakest link. You buy new speakers but ++++++++. Toe out of speakers means your ears and the extremely directional tweeters are not aligned, this can make speakers sound less bright.
everything sounded great until the upgrade
In short: I loved the sound of my modest system, until I upgraded my amp. Now it sounds pretty horrible. It went from a warm sweet embracing easy-to-listen sound to knives and forks trying to escape from a bathtub.
So...
1. I can just unplug this new amp (used) and sell it
Any other options? I could upgrade my speakers but I have no budget for that.
2. I could sell the speakers and use money to buy used ones that go with the amp.
3. Lastly I could change the source, but was it the culprit - to begin with?
btw - the sound of the "new" amp is decent with my turntable, and terrible with my CD player.
(If I wrote brands and models it would throw the discussion into "A sucks, B is great")
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