I am very sensitive to hardness.....me no likey. I bet my mods to the Peachtree amp would not only address that issue but make it sound better in many ways. Since I modded its cousin, the LSA Voyager couple of years ago, I have come up with a couple more mods to do to the output board (changing the output filter caps to my modded Wima caps and also removing some parts it does not need). Would love to see how far this $2000 amp could sound with a $500 mod.......Who will be the first?