CD Player Transformed by Power Cable

That upper midrange hash is the most difficult element to eliminate, IMO. I have tried a snake charmer's basket full of power cords in every price range...including the Signal Cable. In my system, I have only found one power cord that does not produce hash in the upper mids while maintaining HF extension, and that is the Purist Audio Dominus Fluid or Ferrox. This is not to say other cords don't exist that are smooth in the highs, but those that I have heard also rolled off the treble extension. The Dominus cords don't do this. They are expensive, even used, but once you bite the bullet and try one, you may find the level of your CD player rises to a level you didn't expect. A positive aspect of buying used Purist Audio cabling is that it holds its value reasonably well, so your chance of re-selling with a minimal loss is good. As an option to the Dominus, there are some Aqueous Anniversary power cords available now that appear to be great values. I have not heard the Aqueous power cords, but some audiophiles claim they are even better than the Dominus cords.

Again, there may be other power cords out there that will get you where you want to be. I know that everyone who I know who has tried a Purist Audio cord has never regretted the decision.

May I suggest trying three large size (still small, in the absolute sense) Cardas Golden Cuboids of Myrtlewood beneath the flat undersurface of your CDP.
This is a cheap and effective tweak which may give further tuning of "hash" on upper voices, without losing benefits you have now. Also, probably will make a further overall improvement.

yoou might try placing a 2 inch piece of soft furniture foam under the cd player. you might try changing your interconnect between cd player and preamp.

there are other anti resonant devices out there wwhich may enable you to tune your stereo system.

one last suggestion, how about a cd mat , or a cd demagnitizer ?

Hello,

I have also had great luck with all Frank's cables ... I have read a few reviews that give him very high marks; even compared to the big boys. I tried his Silver Resolution IC's and I'm hooked. His customers service is wonderful.

I'm using his Digital Reference power cord on my Krell CDP and again I'm very happy with the results. Frank provides a 30 day "try it and return it" policy if it doesnt provide the kind of results you are looking for. It's only going to cost you postage to try it out. I'm going to have him make me a custom 90 degree cord for my Levinson 360S. One thing about them ... they are very stiff so I had to bend it a little to make it work in my rack configuration. I was having trouble with it working loose every time I played around in the back.

Granted ... it's not a Shunyata or Cardas but for the money I think it provides great results.

Every system and every set of ears are different - thats my 2 cents.

Ssglx, have you tried anything with isolation? I'm using the complete and complete cd with some jm labs cobalt 806S speakers. Sounds very good. I don't notice the dull and 2 dimensional sound that you speak of. Each piece of equipment I have has it's own shelf in my rack. And the amplifier and cd player each sit on a piece of 1" granite. Maybe isolation is the issue?

Good luck with the power cords and let us know how it goes. I'll be interested to hear your results as we have fairly similar systems.