I was getting a bit impatient with the sound of my main audio rig: it’s bright, it’s not much fun to listen to, it just wears on me. Digital in particular: excruciating.  Even the best mastered CDs out there just left me gritting my teeth.

For what it’s worth, the components of my system include the Pioneer DV-45A as a digital source, the Hafler DH-110 preamp fed into a Carver M-500t power amp, a pair of Grafyx SP-10W speakers, and a good vinyl rig.  There are other components, but these play an important role in the system tweaking I have done.

Seeing that each piece seemed to play a small but important part, I am going to list them separately in future posts.  So far, four changes have made an improvement that is noteworthy, even on subtle levels.