I just bought amp HK 970 and hook up with JBL L830, the sound is very cleanest. But the treeble and mid range is not clear enough. I am thinking of alternatives B&W 602 S3, should or shoundn't, any one experience with this? please advise me (my music style is hip hop and pop! Thanks.

The JBL loudspeaker has Mylar&pure titanium double tweeters, so the treble from loudspeakers should be clear. HK has a smooth and not so forward treble. Your CD and interconnection and loudspeaker cables also affect sound quality and may make the treble harsh or too bright. Playing CDs with a standard cheap CD player means that high frequencies sound muddled or harsh or both. You can't reproduce 5 kHz or 10 kHz sound with only 44,1 kHz sampling frequency and CD player's filters destroy the sound even more, and then the added harshness from cheap cables. JBL speakers are good for rock and pop. If you pick overly detailed classical music loudspeakers, it may be it isn't nice to listen to them in longer term.

I am new to the Hi Fi scene and I am looking into buying a stereo amplifier. There's not a lot to choose from where I live: between Harmon Kardon HK 970 and Yamaha AX 497; which one should I go for? Thanks