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Help, too bright

My setup is this:
Paradigm studio 20s v2
NAD 521i cdp
NAD 320bee amp
Radioshack speaker wire
Interconnects supplied with cdp

Last night was the first time I've had fatigue from listening. Every high pitched note was unlikable. It was on a 192kbs Ravi Shankar "Inside The Kremlin" cd. Pretty much the first time I've tried to listen to an mp3 cd. Actually caused pain in my ears. Something I should mention about my speakers.. my stands are in the process of being sent to me. Ordered them last week, currently the speakers are sitting on my desk. So my questions are:

After putting my speakers on stands, will the brightness of the tweeter be gone or noticably reduced?

What speaker wires should I upgrade to for a warmer sound?

Was my cd a big factor in the brightness?

Thanks for the help.
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jdombrow
371 posts
 
Cardas interconnect cables should help. (I don't have experience with their speaker cables.)

jd
mattybumpkin
588 posts
 
Maybe it was just the recording, since it was the 1st time with a MP3 recording? How long have you had the system? Other standard recordings do this too? I agree that the IC's you have should be upgraded (and speaker cables)but I would wait until you get your stands and then play around a little bit. Room acoustics (do you have wood floors, bare walls, etc.), speaker placement, vibration and isolation, etc. I would then look into your cabling as that final icing.

Regards,
sogood51
2,157 posts
 
Mp3's sound bad even at 320kbs if you ask me, they are best played in the boom box outside. I copy all my cd's as wave files.

Dave
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