My system sounds great when the volume knob reaches the 9 o clock & beyond, but before then it sounds a little masked. Is this because my large 3 way speakers need enough power to really start working or because the amp only starts working then.
speakers: Jamo C 809 200W long 400W short 89dB 6ohm
amp: Rotel RA 1062 only rated to 60W but reviews say it has great current delivery so can drive difficult speakers.
CDP: Marantz 6002
Cables: cheap (still researching)
One possible souoution could be sound attenuators

Lately I have been pulling my ears away from my head to increase midrange and treble acuity. Perhaps I am suffering from "ear sag" due to the natural process of aging. I have only recently noticed the improvement gained from doing this during home stereo listening sessions.

Does anybody know a plastic surgeon in my area that can permanently upgrade my head for better sonic performance? Or does anybody make a semi-permanent speculum for spreading open tight ear holes?

A new line 145/155 loudspeakers by Audes.

If you don't hear these you cannot understand what I'm saying.

The quality of loudspeakers costing three times or more.

Look at the quality of woofer for example.

But more important is the sound quality you get with no high cost amplifiers.

92 db/w easy to manage to get transparency and dynamic at true hi-end level and with a fine soundstage.

Well, my cables got delivered today. I purchased Nordost Red Dawn Interconnects, Silver Shadow Digital Coax cable, and Silver Screen HDMI. The interconnects and silver shadow are getting "burned-in" via Nordost Vidar right now so no into on those yet. But the HDMI Cable... oh my good. I started watching Cars in HD Ondemand using my other generic HDMI cable and then paused it, switched the cable. I must say the depth of the picture improve dramatically, any type of artifacting or digital noise is virtually gone. I realize this is a audio forum.