dsdreamer - The irritating and shrill highs you are explaining may not be most easily solved from the amp side of the equation. I know, when you start substituting "eye of neut" for ground beef its hard to know what the outcome will be. Not everyone is up for the challenge. For my money, and sanity, if I "know" that what I'm hearing is a result of a mismatch or imbalance of some sort, given that all components are of known and reputable stock and trade, then its time for some "minor" surgery to see if problem "A" is due to variable "C". When it comes to speakers - unless you have $5K+ or closer to $10K, the crossovers are probably "crap". I put crap in quotes because they are most likely not crap according to "industry standards", but those standards are crap! Economics dictate that you wont find $350 worth of caps and inductors in a $1500, or even $3000 speaker.
Again, sorry for the rant. I just know the feeling so well. It's really easy to spend $3K on piece of equipment and sell it on audiogon or ebay for 2/3 to 1/2 what you payed for it! Wouldnt it be nicer to spend, say $150 and transform said piece? It can be done. Keep the faith, dont be afraid. -- earwaxer9 System: modified Winsome Labs Mouse, modified Maggie MMG's, Transporter, HSU sub 12, MSB DAC to 500 watt sub slave amp, JPS labs power cords, Silver audio interconnect, Audioquest Granite speaker cable. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ earwaxer9's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=39527 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=88452 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
