Losing treble at higher volume

Hi I have a denon AVR-3802 amp with DB Dynamics home theatre speaker package (I think the speakers are built in Austraila) when playing a audio cd through my dvd player (as I dont own a CD player)in stereo at 1/2 to 3/4 volume the sound drops noticably in the high range treble as if someone has put a pillow to the speakers. I upgraded my amp recently from a AVC-3800 to the AVR-3802 and still experiencing this pain can you help please and give me some sound advise would be appreciated. Regards

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There are two things. First check the sound settings of the DVD player. It might be putting out a lower quality sound on the CD side of things.
Secondly try to determine if the speaker tweeters are working. Connect the speakers if you can to another sound source. If the speakers are good and the settings fine. Then you have a fault in the amp unit.

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