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Help, my system seem to have slowly gotten " bright"

I have all all of the same stuff for several years and it has always sounded awesome. Lately thought it has gotten where some of the higher frequencys have like a shrill to them. It kinda breaks up at louder volumns but is noticable at lower ones too. I have swapped amps out, preamps too but no change.

Really the only thing left is the player which is a 7 year old sony hapzeis. the only thing i have is a cheap cd player that is like 25 years old to compare. This player has a hard drive with all lossless music on it. It has an onboard DAC too.

Has anyone expierenced anything like this where a source or a dac degraded like this instead of just quitting altogather ?

 

ericreyn
mihorn
506 posts
 

Op’s ears became more natural sound mode from un-natural Hi-Fi ear mode. Many people (almost women, non-audiophiles) are always in natural sound mode and they hear un-natural Hi-Fi sounds as bright and noisy.

All Hi-Fi systems sound like a left speaker in below video. Alex/WTA

zlone
649 posts
 

We can only guess without knowing the whole setup. Could this be an outside issue with your electrical, something introducing a lot of noise in your house or neighborhood?

mashif
241 posts
 

Ironically, age related hearing loss can produce this. If we lose certain frequencies, others become more noticeable. So loss of highs can result in upper mids sounding prominent, especially in the sibilance range. Just another joy of aging.

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rick_n
201 posts
 

Were the speakers previously toed in more?  With some speakers this can make a huge difference.

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