harrogate3 wrote:
"Edward Green" wrote in message

Most Rotel amps are pretty good with anything. The Aegis speakers are
an acquired taste but are as good as most and better than many. Which
leaves your sources.

DVD players are notoriously poor at playing plain audio CDs into any
form of decent reproduction equipment.

Although I get the same distortion in films, which is while I mentioned it.

MP3 is a compressed format that, generally speaking, sounds OK through
headphones or in the car but can sound awful through a hi-fi system.

I agree. MP3's are of the Devil.

Quite what you mean by 'CD DJ decks' I am unsure, but again likely
they fall within the same area as DVD players.

They are what CD DJ's use(http://tinyurl.com/y3hsr4)! Suffice to say
they are not designed for Audio quality.

After that try moving your speakers around. You don't say where they
are mounted, but most speakers - especially those with a rear-facing
port that IMSMC the Aegis One has - sound better away from a wall and
if possible on stands. Try putting the speakers on a couple of similar
chairs (that is hard dining-type chairs, not a sofa) 2ft or more clear
of any wall. Also make sure they are fed with a reasonably thick
cable, not bell wire.

The Speaker wires say 'QED balanced design concept' and are quite thick.
The Speakers are on stands. I have moved them an extra foot out of the
corners of the room, giving them two feet and I would say that there is
a noticeable improvement. Thanks for that.

After that you should beg, steal, or borrow a hi-fi rated CD player
and try that out; also, if you can, try an FM tuner with a reasonable
aerial. If you then still have audio problems I (personally) would
look to change the speakers first as it is unlikely to be the amp if
it otherwise appears to be functioning correctly.

Okay I can manage that. I will see what sort of quality I get. I might
borrow another amp as that will flag up if the speakers are the problem.

Others will come on here, probably flame me, and say that in a 10
year-old amp there are likely things to be going wrong - specifically
reservoir capacitors drying out. Take no notice. In domestic use most
amps will continue to work long beyond 10 years without problem. If
the caps are drying out you would notice (possibly) hum and loss of
bass.

Okay. I have had very old amps die on me in the past. But it does seem
unlikely.

Thank you for the reply.

Edward