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Well... guess I have to jump in the rabbit hole of speaker cables... lol

I just bought a pair of 10 T’s and am having a raspy edge on the high end. I contacted Mr. Kelly at Aeriel Acoustics and I sent the tweets to them for an evaluation...  tweets are in good shape! I have replaced everything in the system except the spk cables... I bought BJ cables the 10 ga. Belden etc. I have a dear friend in the high end audio business and is sending me a higher end pair of cables. Not sure what they are going to be but he is excited for me to try them....

Are the Belden really that bad? Can they be the cause of the raspy bad guys?

I am really looking forward to this... not so much for my wallet... she is scared. 

Looking forward to the great experience here on the GON...
128x128captbeaver
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What are the ic’s ? Bad cables will definitely deter achieving great sound. First reflection surface quite important too. That said if the sound is raspy/sibilant listening right in front of the speaker you will have to consider the speaker. Is it a metal dome of some type? 
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stereo5
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I doubt it’s the Mac preamp.  One thing McIntosh is not is raspy.  Look elsewhere within the system. 
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tastyfreeze
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I agree with stereo5.   

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audiotroy
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Your cables are definately a problem. Low quality cabling will lose bass information which will make the top end  raspy also the Denon CD player is probably not up to snuff. 

A more revealing loudspeaker will show you things that were in the system that you didn't know where there.

Dave and Troy
Audio Doctor NJ
mickeyb
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Definitely not the Mac. Agree also.  If anything it would sound slightly warm or syrupy not bright. 
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