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So a few months ago, i upgraded my beaten up 500ALIIs for the M44G's based on people's opinion in this forum.. and i was shocked.. after the upgrade i could hear more high end distortion, and a overdriven sound.. as if the treble was being clipped? At first i thought it was because i had upgraded some ghetto party speakers with a Klipsch 5.1 set up.. maybe the noise was because i have better speakers

Anyway, i lived with the nasty sound for about 5 months and just the other day i upgraded my numark 3 channel mixer from about 5 years ago with the numark x1500..

wow.

the overdriven treble is gone. sound is much cleaner and less harsh. i guess upgrading from the 500AL to the M44g gave a better output which became more noticible on the klipsch speakers, which was fixed, by upgrading to a decent mixer.

moral of the story: if up upgrade one piece, you are gonna need to upgrade everything... from the needle, through the mixer and the speakers!!! never knew a needle and a mixer could change the sound so much! next purchase: entry-level monitors!