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Bargain interconnects to tame treble & boost bass?

Here's the system:
Sony DVP-NS755V
Audioquest Alpha Snake
Bryston B60R
Kimber 4TC / 8TC bi-wire
Triangle Heliade ES

Problem: Sound tilted way toward top-end.

I've done about as much as I can in speaker placement and room adjustments, but the system still sounds too bright and too bass-shy. The treble is also a problem when running the television sound (digital cable) through the system, so, while I recognize that the DVD / CD player is not the best, I don't think it is the primary culprit. (I do plan to upgrade the CD player eventually.)

I sort of suspect that the ultimate solution would be either to replace the amp with a tube amp or to replace the speakers. But both are recent purchases, so I would like to see if better interconnects might make a difference.

Are there interconnects for $200 or less (for 1m), new or used, that would help solve my system's problems? I am open to any other suggestions you might have. Thanks.
jpbach
tvad
9,467 posts
 
Audio engineers do not shape the sound of a recording by swapping dozens of cables. They use the little EQ pots on their state of the art mixing consoles. Works like a charm.
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philjolet
2,262 posts
 
FWIW

Harmonic Tech and Acoustic Zen both are Robert Lee creations so I imagine similar sonic signatures...

Also, my own 2 cents, is that every electronic component has a sonic signature so get rid of as many as you can in the stereo chain and get closer to the truth, simplicity is the best way to go
rgs92
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Try Cardas Cross.
trelja
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I have not listened to the Behringer EQ, and have heard that there are "good" EQs out in the world, but MY experience, which includes the AudioControl, is that an equalizer is the surest means to destroy the sonics of a high end audio system that I can name.

In short, they do everything I rail about preamps for, taken up another order of magnitude. What they subtract (dynamics, immediacy, slam, clarity, refinement), and what they add (noise, distortion, hash) is a combination I want no parts of.

Again, I have not heard the Behringer, and have been "assured" that good EQs do exist, but if there's one thing I espouse in audio, it's that simpler is better. And, adding another component into the audio chain has proven to me in all but a VERY few cases, has only continued to strengthen that view. Maybe the Behringer is one of those special cases, but I'd have to have that proven to me.
tvad
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Joe, I agree with you on the whole, but the answer to Jpbach's dilemma must take into consideration his system, budget and goal.

The core of the inquiry seems to be how to solve the problem of a bass-shy, too bright system for $200, or so.

Do you believe a pair of $200 (Jpbach's proposed budget) interconnects is going to solve the problem?

From a realist's point of view, and one who has owned Bryston electronics coupled with bright/accurate/revealing loudspeakers and several excellent digital sources, I don't believe a $200 source, $200 interconnects or $200 power tweak is going to do it.
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