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Help me find it again

I need your collective advice.

I have reached a critical point. If I don't start enjoying my system again, I will give up and sell!

I listen to mostly rock and pop with some blues and jazz. A little large orchestra stuff. I grew up listening to the best jazz and rock and roll live at my father's bootleg clubs. I've sat at the piano and poured drinks for the count, twisted with Chubby and lived in "Salt Pork West Virginia". I played piano and hammond organ professionally for several years working everything from rock to jazz to blues to gospel. I know how music sounds. I know how it can move you.

I have been living with my current system for about 6 months. "Maybe I'm doing it wrong, but it just don't thrill me the way that it should."

The sound is very clean but lacks emotion. It has a thin low end. Sometimes sounds harsh in the high end. The mids are good. It sounds like crap on lots of recordings that were OK on less revealing systems.

Components: Audiomeca transport and DAC, Aloia pre-amp, Goldmund 28M amps, Piega C-40 speakers, Goldmund line treatment, Piega speaker cables, Audio Techne interconnects.

I already have dedicated lines.

I'm done with vinyl. Just too much work... My turntable and record cleaner will be on the gon soon.

Room is large (32 X 20 with vaulted ceilings that rise from 10 to 18 feet). The system is on the longer wall with the shorter height. I have thick rug and window treatments. The speakers are spaced 3.5 feet from the wall and 11 feet apart. Seating is 10 feet back from the speakers and 6 feet from the back wall.

I'm thinking I need to change the preamp (perhaps tubes), but I'm willing to consider almost any changes. My current economic situation might limit my options. Also, since I live in central NC, it is almost impossible to audition anything...
spudco
timf
237 posts
 
I guess to find it again you would have to look in the right place. Easier said than done. Still, would it be too far off base to say it sounds like you are a person who really loves music? Maybe this is the part of your system that is failing you right now. Maybe you have gotten all from your collection of recordings that you are going to get for the present. I mean, it terms of content more than sound quality. Maybe a little time invested in expanding your collection would be time well spent? For myself, I find that when I am being "hypercritical" of my system it is usually true that I am also being hypercritical of a great deal more going on in my life. Of course, this may not be you.
machine
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i think timf is on right track.i believe you have to love what you are listening to more than how well it is reproduced.music that does not connect with you at some level, even on a boombox, probably wouldn't on any system.i have spent a lot of money on my system,mainly in search for clarity and resolution,just to try and hear what the musicians are doing.maybe because i am one myself.still believe music must br first.just an opinion.
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mpmilgram
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hi, i can relate to your problem, i bought piega c 10 ltds , aloia ands etc. Had a real hard time getting these to sound less bright with more bass. First your piega needs much more power to make them function right, 2nd, try placing speakers on the long wall atleast 9 feet apart in the nearfield listening position with your couch and head against rear wall for max bass, which means you would have to bring the speakers 5-6 feet from back wall, which should soften the brightness and give you a more open stage and better image. i really think this will solve your problem. best of luck
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