Getting rid of harsh, shrill treble

You hear what you hear, and I'm certain we all believe you hear a difference.

The lack of detail you mention is disconcerting, but I wonder if this is a product of break-in and might change significantly over time.

I am not a good source for warm sounding cables, but pressed to offer a suggestion, I'd mention Cardas Golden Cross (the warmest wire I have heard), Audience AU24 (terrific wire, if not as extended at the extremes as some others), and Purist Audio Venustas (these would be my first choice, cost no object, but they are not as warm as Cardas).

Thanks for your cable suggestions,
Fred

Sogood51,
Have you listened to Jordi Savall and Hesperion XX on the
AliaVox label. It is a French label. "The Medieval Fiddle" ; "Orient & Occident"; and his 18th century recordings have incredible violin, warm laid back, yet detailed and clean, no shrill/harsh treble. Compare these recordings to Archiv digital like Reinhard Goebel and Musica Antiqua Koln, and the difference is like night and day. I have subjectively concluded that 50% of this harsh/shrill treble problem lies with equipment. The other half is one's source material. I only buy the expensive digital remasters anymore. The best classical ones can be found at www.acousticsounds.com.
Fred

Classical fred

No, I have not listened to those. I will do some internet digging today in search of those recording...thanks for the heads up.

Someone pointed out this cd http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/album.jsp?album_id=61223 as a very good violin recording...I'm going to give it a listen.

Dave

Regalmal,
I spent $127 on a Taddeo device that goes between my Jupitor CD player and my tube integrated amp. The harsh, shrill treble is still there. Do you think this Magenta thing really works? Have you tried one in your system? I logged onto the Magenta site and read the Knutson review, apparently Stereophile gave it a good review as well. I don't want to drop another $250 into my playback system with little or no results. I am not buying anymore CD's unless they are audiophile quality. I think I am beginning to believe that the source is way more important than the playback equipment. The problem is that there is such a small selection of classical orchestral works in the audiophile quality CD market, I am talking about JVC xrcd's and Mobile Fidelity, etc. The only online stores that I have been able to find are Acoustic Sounds and Audiophileresource. Do you know of any other sites that sell classical audiophile CD's?
Thanks.