My friend offered me the free opportunity to go to Farm-Aid the other day, and I went and had an excellent time. Matisyahu, Derek Trucks Band, Dave Matthews/Tim Reynolds Neil Young, and the Allman Brothers were all highlights, but there were a couple serious issues.

My system -- NAD 325BEE integrated amp, NAD 525BEE CD player, Epos ELS-3 speakers -- sounds great most of the time with most music, but I've noticed that the sound sometimes becomes muddy and confused when playing complex rock or pop music at high volumes. I don't want to make too much of this. I most often listen to jazz played at moderate levels, and for that music the system produces clear sound that is extremely involving. Still, I'm curious to know what's going on.

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First of all Hi all as I'm a "rooky" in this Forum.

The reason of this post is that I'm facing an issue with my Amp: a McIntosh MC2102 (8 KT88 valves).

Everything was OK (perfect, I would say...) for about 7 months. Then, all of a sudden, I switched everything on and I started to listen an annoying presence of "boomy" sound when low frequency instruments were played. I'm not talking about some extra-bass but a "boomy-effect" (sorry if I do not use the right terms... my English is really poor) that is really disturbing also the medium frequencies.

Newbie here; first post. I'm looking for a simple, basic ~$1000 system. Probably 2-channel will do it. I have only a $100 Sony DVD/CD player on which to watch DVD movies and play CDs. Just started looking. A sales guy said Rotel, NAD, and Marantz are the only companies that now make 2-channel integrated amps. I listened to Rotel reciever/CD combo with Paradigm Titan V5 Bookshelf monitors. I thought it sounded great; but then I've been out of loop for a few years on this stuff. Price offered was Rotel RA-1062 for $599, and the Paradigms for $450 (open box).

Hey all,

I'm new to the audiophile end of things; I've been collecting vinyl here and there for a couple of years and am finally poking around at getting a decent stereo setup.

That said, I am looking at the following components, and was wondering if anyone has anything good or bad to say about them?

Speakers - B & W 684s
Amp - NAD C352
CD deck - either NAD C525BEE or C542
Preamp - NAD PP-2