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Getting rid of harsh, shrill treble

I cannot play my classical cd's at a volume where the midrange and bass come through without harsh, shrill treble, especially the violins. I have bookshelf speakers on stands and subwoofer in a small 120 sq. ft. room. I have no treble control on my pre-amp. I tried a Taddeo passive Digital Antidote II between my CD player and pre-amp with minimal result. I have a solid state integrated amp, will switching to a tube integrated amp cure this problem or is it my speakers? Classical_fred  (Threads | Answers | This Thread) 02-16-07

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Click title to read one, or click date to read all below it. 02-16-07   Could be your room (lack of treatments), room geometry and s ...   Tvad 02-16-07   Agreed with tvad. there are too many unknown variables to an ...   Reubent 02-16-07   Please describe your system, including cables   Greh 02-16-07   It's probably the room and listener placement (sitting too n ...   Drew_eckhardt 02-16-07   As others have responded, changes are system dependant.. how ...   Arluke 02-16-07   I agree with tvad that more information would be helpful and ...   Arahl 02-16-07   Your md 308 amp is known for a balanced presentation and is ...   Jameswei 02-16-07   Unless you have a harsh component (s)...it's probably room a ...   Sogood51 02-16-07   I considered suggesting the equalizer but am afraid everyone ...   Eldartford 02-16-07   Eldartford, i was thinking of purchasing a new jolida jd1000 ...   Classical_fred 02-16-07   Sounds to me like you have an amp/speaker mismatch...your am ...   Tvad 02-16-07   Bingo...you just nailed the primary weakness of the redbook ...   Fatparrot 02-16-07   i believe this is player dependent. my experience with the a ...   Tvad 02-17-07   This is one of my best digital recordings of violin when pla ...   Sogood51 02-16-07   It is your speakers. the highest fundamental note on the vio ...   Shadorne 02-16-07   I second the behringer solution. done in the digital domain ...   Tarsando 02-16-07   I had harsh treble from my polks, what i did to the speakers ...   Poloman 02-16-07   Don't vote for hillary.   bday0000@ 02-17-07   even the best cd players will give some minor digital " ...   Audiofeil 02-17-07   Agree with tvad on this point. however it's more difficult t ...   Dgarretson 02-17-07   The problem may be related to the ac supply. an isolation tr ...   Tobias 02-17-07   The room and the speakers are generally the guilty party   Jaybo 02-17-07   Hello tvad, i am not an electrical engineer! how can i find ...   Classical_fred 02-17-07   Stereophile often has this information in the measurements s ...   Tvad 02-17-07   An ss amp is relatively unaffected by speaker impedance comp ...   Shadorne 02-17-07   I agree with shadorne that the problem is most likely in the ...   Audiokinesis 02-17-07   Wow. i tend to think that the harshness or the shrillness i ...   Rodargent 02-17-07   Also, your md 308 is no harsh amp.   Jaybo 02-18-07   Thanks to all, i will be speaking with john strohbeen at wal ...   Classical_fred 02-18-07   Let us know about the walsh ohm. another speaker to investig ...   Tvad 02-23-07   I have been reading about the magenta ade-24. it is a device ...   Regalma1 02-23-07   What preamp do you have? i have heard this symptom before m ...   Kwtoxman 02-25-07   You might want to consider dakiom feedback stabilizers ...   Mdhoover 03-03-07   Gentleman, got a pair of ohm walsh micro tall's connected to ...   Classical_fred 03-03-07   I'm always curious to know how people arrive at their choice ...   Tvad 03-03-07   I think rodargent has a very good point. the treble on some ...   Rja 03-04-07   Digital sources have been a major contributor to this proble ...   Jb0194 03-04-07   Tvad, in another thread these speakers were recommended to m ...   Classical_fred 03-04-07   Those look very cool. are you using a subwoofer with them?   Tvad 03-05-07   Tvad, i have a sunfire super junior sub placed between and s ...   Classical_fred 03-05-07   You hear what you hear, and i'm certain we all believe you h ...   Tvad 03-06-07   Thanks for your cable suggestions, fred   Classical_fred 03-06-07   Sogood51, have you listened to jordi savall and hesperion xx ...   Classical_fred 03-07-07   Classical fred no, i have not listened to those. i will do ...   Sogood51 03-09-07   Regalmal, i spent $127 on a taddeo device that goes between ...   Classical_fred 03-10-07: Eldartford Try these... www.artsmusic.de. www.elusivedisc.com Eldartford  (Reviews | Threads | Answers | This Thread) 03-12-07   I am running walsh 5 series 3 loudspeakers. the one thing i ...   mamboni@ 03-12-07   mamboni, what is the brand of cable? how much did they cos ...   Classical_fred 03-12-07   Eldartford, thanks for the info. have you purchased any of ...   Classical_fred 03-13-07   I'm not sure if the last post "stuck" so here it i ...   mamboni@ 03-13-07   Classical_fred...yes the blue line are very good, but i can' ...   Eldartford 03-22-07   This is how and why so many audiophiles spend money on the w ...   Aintitgr8

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