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CD Help

I'm having trouble with listening to my cd's at a reasonable vol. all of a sudden when i crank it up to about 11 o'clock everything just turns to MUSH! complete distortion, i don't have a dedicated cd player, i am using a cheap $200 sony dvd sacd etc which i bought at circuit city. Yes circuit city. I know, lets keep the comments to my problem. whcih that may be one. Anyway, i have a set of mirage OM-10's (4) for Ht use and a set of the Von Schweikert VR4 jr's that i use for 2 channel. Both speaker sets when i switch a-b are sounding distorted. Why the breakdown in sound. Damn this gets me. It really sounds like crap. HELP
case05
case05 OP
8 posts
 
For now i am using the CD input of my Nak-av-10 which i use for my HT set-up. suppose to put-out 110 watts. i am in the process of redoing my two channel system, but i never thought that this amp (if it is the amp) would sound this bad.
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theo
2,690 posts
 
1)Have you tried another CD player to see if you are getting the same result? 2)Also have you tried another input on the pre-amp? If no to 1) and yes to 2) I would consider the Sony is producing a lot of distortion which reveals itself at high listening levels, try taking it back to Circuit City and exchange it.
warnerwh
539 posts
 
If your amp is clipping the bass will become mushy and the mids and highs will sound hard. It's very easy to clip a small 100wpc amp. Where the volume control is means nothing as this can vary alot but I'm not going into why here. Suffice it to say you are probably clipping your amp. I'd turn it down to where it sounds good and leave it there before you blow your tweeters.
case05 OP
8 posts
 
I can play my dvd's at 11 on the vol dial easily, even higher but it then tends to rock the house a bit. However as mentioned, when cd is on, i am runing the unit through analog inputs, everything just starts to get distorted at a moderate level. I have a nak DVD-10. forgot i had that, i'll hook that up this morning and see if theres a difference. i'll get back at ya, once done. thanks everyone. I don't really want to shell out $1000 or so for a nice cd player.
henryhk
648 posts
 
Agree w/ Warnerwh...and the basic issue unlikely to be the CD player but amp-speaker set up
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