I'm not familiar with that (100wpc) integrated amp. I went to hear the Gallo's you have with a a friend at a local dealer. They demo'd the speakers with a two different amps, and the latter pair definitely improved big time over the original integrated they had driving them. I think the latter pair were Parasound Halo JC-1's. They sounded a bit "cool" for my tastes, but the added power definitively drove those speakers much better than the integrated he started out with (which I think was right around the same power as yours). 15X25 is also a pretty large space, especially if ceilings are high. Anyway, that's what I'd suspect.
paranoid listener, bad recordings
I tend to listen apprehensively for some reason not understanding how durable speakers are at my listening level. So, I hear distortion from time to time coming out of my speakers and freak out thinking i have damaged them. But, I am beginning to think it is on the recordings.
Right now i have a pair of gallo 3.1's in my den that i am wrestling with room position (see other post) because of limited options. I put on some joni mitchell or typically pop recordings, sometimes older jazz, and will hear the distortion. I listen around 75-85db levels.
Am I paranoid, is the distortion in the recordings and should it sound like this on occasion? Is that too loud?
Right now i have a pair of gallo 3.1's in my den that i am wrestling with room position (see other post) because of limited options. I put on some joni mitchell or typically pop recordings, sometimes older jazz, and will hear the distortion. I listen around 75-85db levels.
Am I paranoid, is the distortion in the recordings and should it sound like this on occasion? Is that too loud?
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