Hello to all ye experts !

Here goes my story - the hunt for the perfect upgrade.

My set up : Marantz CD 7300 cdp, Marantz PM 7200 amp and Jamo E855. Also I have not invested in any cables or interconnects (I am using probably the lowest grade cables and I have not done biwiring).

My problem : Fatigue , some how I tire out with my set up. Its not a particular sound problem (though I feel the mid range is not good with the Jamos) but it is more related to fatigue I guess, I tire out after an hour or two and I feel something is wrong.

Wild and fearful in his cavern
Hid the naked video idiot
And the homeless nomad wandered
Laying waste the fertile plain.
Menacing with spear and arrow
In the woods the hunter strayed...
Woe to all poor wreteches stranded
On those cruel and hostile shores!

From the peak of high end audio
Came Grosse Fatigue down,
Seeking in those savage regions
His lost audio friends.
But Grosse found no refuge,
Found no kindly welcome there,
And no bearing witness
To the worship of audio.

Grand Finale: Ode to Joy and Chaos..

I am replacing a 20 year old system- Optimus receiver and speakers which performed REMARKABLY well (and I've heard some expensive audio equipment). I am using this only for music, mostly at parties. The room is very awkward for audio...stone floor and 1 wall is basically glass (bar room) with a bar going down the center. The room is around 30 feet long by 10 feet by 9 feet. The stereo is going at one end of the 30 foot area.

Now for equipment!

Hello again. I have been posting quite a bit about my new CD player purchace. Despite the fact I did not give it a glowing review (yet?), I am happy to have it as I was not expecting a huge improvement anyway.

I talked to the salesman that sold it to me just this evening. He is a techy and installer, not just a sales guy, so I generally do trust what he says. He said that the last 4 customers who added one of these to their system, said that the unit really improves after about 20 hours of use.

Can that be true and how?

Well my new Rotel RCD-1072 CD player was brought home.

I spent half a day messing with it in various configurations and receiver settings to A. See what the 1072 sounds like in various states of connect
B. Put it up against my $70 Panansonic Universal Player.

I mentioned in another post that the local indie record store (Happy Trails in Corvallis, Oregon) reports vinyl now outselling CDs. I was in there the other day and got to talking with a kid (maybe 16) who was buying some heavy metal albums. I asked him why he was buying vinyl rather than CDs and he said it sounded better. Pressed for details, he explained: "When you crank up a CD it just gets louder. A record sounds, y'know, BIGGER!"

Well my new Rotel RCD-1072 CD player was brought home.

I spent half a day messing with it in various configurations and receiver settings to A. See what the 1072 sounds like in various states of connect
B. Put it up against my $70 Panansonic Universal Player.

I've been browsing these forums for about a month, and now that I've gotten my X-mas money and all, I've decided to purchase some new speakers for my computer. Currently I have Creative T5400's which I thought were amazing, the problem was that the subwoofer booms way too much now that I guess my ears have matured or something, and I rarely listen to music or watch movies with the speakers (the only thing I really use them for is to play games).