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Need a warm amp for bright speakers

So when I bought my system some time ago I made some mistakes being this the first time I ever ventured out doing this. I bought Paradigm Monitor 9 v5 and a Pioneer VSX21TXH. Surrounding speakers aer all Monitors backs are Titan v5 and center is a 290 I believe v6. The SVS kills though. The fronts do get very bright when pushed especially with metal that I listen to and it is VERY BRIGHT. Without redoing my whole system is there a way I can tame this problem? Use my Pioneer for maybe center and rears and processing and a dedicated amp for the fornts? If so what should I shoot for? I hear NAD is a good warm amp. I don't want to sell or get rid of the Paradigms because getting all new speakers would be far costlier than a dedicated amp. However I am a little skeptical that I can solve this with just and amp. All ears open for a relative newbie.
mmartin0617
zd542
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"However I am a little skeptical that I can solve this with just and amp. All ears open for a relative newbie."

You did make some mistakes (as we all do) but the above quote is a good call on your part. Don't waste your money on buying an amp to fix your speakers. It won't work. Fix the real problem and get speakers that you like.

One thing you may want to try as a test is using the tone on your receiver. If you can't fix the problem, or at least make it a lot better, there's no way an NAD amp (or something similar), can do that much to the sound to make the system work for you.
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mjcmt
710 posts
 
NAD and Audioquest cabling should help out for sure.
arnettpartners
312 posts
 
You can't go wrong with Audioquest. Other than that, I'd stay away from cable with silver in it. Copper is more tame.
runnin
397 posts
 
Going from one receiver to another is a risky option. Can you demo the monitor 9's at a dealer with some other brands, like Denon?
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