In need of advice. I have been into audio for about 10 yrs and I read all the audio mags(stereophile,audio,what hifi) I just can't make a dicission in reguards to anything. That is why I have such a low budget system plus I couldn't justify spending a lot of money on something I wasn't sure would please me. I , chose to go with Adcom because it's afordable and the audio stores always spoke highly of Adcom and the research I did on Adcom components made me feel confident about them. My complaints are that the music seems closed in ,too bright, and to harsh for my sensitive ears. Any advice on what I should upgrade next would be appreciated. I haven't been to this website in a while but i would like to add a couple of things. I had auditioned a Acurus RL11 pre-amp several years back. I didn't like it because i couldn't handl'e the forwardness it seems to produce.
After reading all the reviews at audio review i thought that it might be to truthful and that either my front end or amp(the piece of crap that it was)was the problem and that if i changed one of these i would be very happy with the Acurus. At that point i got very frustrated because I didn't have the money to buy a new amp or cd player. If anyone has any advice on what i should do next your feedback would be greatly appreciated.
I havent been to this part of audiogon in about 4-5yrs but I just purchased a Rotel Int. amp and I am displeased with the sound. I was reading reviews for it on audioreview and saw one review that said the sound seemed distorted at anything above a fourth of the way up on the volume. This is one thing I noticed too. It also seems to have a slighty to moderately forward presentation.Not as ear fatiguing as the acurus RL-11 but enough to notice.
Enough of me complaining, this is what I do want. I want good tight bass, mabye slighty sweet treble,a noticable midrange without being too noticable. It can't be lean or thin sounding and it can't do what the rotel does when I turn up the volume. Also I'd prefer not to get anything with tubes.
I listen to all sorts of music with rock being primary although I do like some classical.
My budget is $600 and $900. Ive been looking at the Sim i5080 for a few days now. Some people say the MFA3 or 3.2 is a good choice too. Also the Plinius(various different models) but I don't think those are in my budget. Anyways any feedback would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks for guiding me Bruce. I basically use this room for everything. bedroom, listening room, multimedia room, etc. The answer to your second question is yes. It sounds like a good idea to me too and it would be fun to rearrange my room. The ceiling in my room is 8' high but there is a slope that you can see in my pictures at the top of this page. I really appreciate your help.
Thank you for your consideration Bruce. If you(or anyone) could tell me exactly what kind of info ,or picture, you need with reguards to my listening room and which program I should use to draw it that would be helpful. I'm just not sure what to send you. Anyway, here are the demensions of my room: 12'x 18' plus a 4'x 7' area that is 2.25' from the left front corner when I am looking at the space where my system is at. It's like a long rectangle plus a smaller one adjacent to the large one. Thanks for your help and patience.
It was premature of me to say Audio refinement sucks I'm sorry. However I don't appreciate your tone at all. I'm a nice person and I'm just trying to do my best with my system and I value other agoner's advice. Please be respectful to me.
System edited: I just sold the acurus pre so I could get the matching pre for my nad s200 amp . Any suggestions on a XLR cable to go between the two would be great and also plan to get a better cd player to replace the adcom changer.
System edited: Just bought a NAD amp and Acurus pre. Need help in deciding what to do to my system next. I thought of upgrading the speakers, getting a sunfire sub, adding a high quality DAC, getting a better cd player and I plan on getting better cables and power cords. I'm just not sure what I should do next. Any opinions will be greatly appreciated.
