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jbagg22
Contributor I
Dec 19, 2018 12:27 AM UTC

Sonos Amp - Ear Pain

Just upgraded my Connect:Amp to the new Sonos Amp. The Amp is beautiful and was a breeze to set up, but I immediately noticed pressure and pain in my ears. I reconnected my old Connect:Amp and my ears were fine. I'm not sure what's causing this, though the Amp does seem a bit brighter. Dialing the treble all the way down helped a little, but not much.

My KEF Q150s have aluminum dome tweeters, and perhaps just don't play well with the new Amp. Maybe there's something else going on that I can't obviously detect. For completeness, I also have a KEF sub wired up. Anyone else experiencing something similar?
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    John B
    Feb 28, 2019 1:43 PM UTC
    I’ve had my Sonos Amp now for a week and it did sound a bit bright when I first listened to it. I have now read quite a few impressions that mentioned the same thing and I attribute it to the fact that the Amp needs to breakin with music played through it for several hours. This is as nonsensical and unscientific as it was on the other thread.
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    Kumar
    Feb 28, 2019 2:08 PM UTC
    If it floats a boat...
    The thing is that no one ever does the claimed comparison with the rigour of a controlled blind AB test, because there is effort involved to do that.
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    SOCalistic
    Renowned Enthusiast I
    Feb 28, 2019 2:11 PM UTC

    Updated picture with Skylan stands, highly recommended and the speakers were too high on the previous stands.
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