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Leave the poor Brits alone. They have enough to deal with having all that rain and very little home raised beef.

Currently checking out Thievery Corporation. First impression: Oh yes! Nice...

This, also check the stylus and cantilever are clean.

If your stylus is not worn out then you're either tracking too light or you have excessive anti skate or both.

John Broskie offers a couple of tilt control kits similar to the Quad type over at Glassware Audio. I found plus/minus 3dB to be...

To expand on your "inappropriate amp" comment, they used an amp which maxes out at 37 wpc and John Atkinson even says "I don't recommend...

I saw a brand new review online today from Stereophile for the Philharmonic BMR monitor. Aside from testing it with an inappropriate amp...

Lack of mid and upper bass impact is the main issue.

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Or they had boosted the bass!

This is the BEST advice in the whole thread. Get a turntable that can support the VM540ML and you're done.

I suggest you return the speakers and contact your local authorities then.

I recommend trying the Syba Sonic headphone amp with 3 band tone control and loudness compensation. It's on Amazon for about $62.

If you measured a pair then that explains the treble issue. You need to measure one at a time to accurately see treble extension. Bass...

Right up there with putting pot plants behind your dipole speakers that are too close to the wall in order to cancel the back wave...