So, you were bitten by ‘the bug’ a while back. You’ve managed to put together a great system, built around Outlaw gear of course! With very capable speakers and subwoofer/s, plus careful calibration and placement, your in-room response is from somewhere near 20Hz to over 20KHz. Different things in the music and the mix are being revealed in ways you’ve rarely experienced before. You thought everything would be great, but . . .

You’re hearing things in the music and the mix you’ve rarely experienced before. Huh? How is this a problem?

There’s been time to listen to a variety of material and sometimes the system seems too bright, other times there’s too much bass. Likely, when listening to a system with less range and perhaps more distortion, the variances expressed in different mixes by people with both their own preferences, hearing abilities and mixed on equipment with different emphasis, were somewhat hidden by a system with less capability, but now what was done in creating the content, intentionally or otherwise, is heard whether we as listeners think things are well balanced or not.

Now that the system is revealing and one is paying close attention, there is wondering - what additional tweaks can be done? Able to stay in reality and check into that which will make the most difference while not straining at gnats? Or is the goal to get back to a ‘false balance’ that was there before improving the system, a balance that can’t be reached unless all content is once again more ‘filtered,’ more limited in its reproduction? Hmmm . . .

In any case, what ‘troubles,’ perhaps unexpected, have you found as your system grows and improves?