Good idea, will try swapping the connections. Both are hooked up via analog with same brand of (cheap) cables; CD into the CD input and DVD into the Aux input of the HK3270.

The distortion difference may not be as much as I first thought... seems like the line out levels or input sensitivities are slightly different between CD and DVD players so the sound level was a bit higher on the CD player.

I'm also going to run out and pick up an SPL meter so I can match levels better. There are a lot of variables here...


M60ti, VP180, QS8, M2ti, EP500, PC-Plus 20-39
M5HP, M40ti, Sierra-1
LFR1100 active, ADA1500-4 and -8