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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  (Threads | Answers | This Thread) 02-12-06

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Click title to read one, or click date to read all below it. 02-13-06   I replaced my expensive cardas speaker cables with inexpensi ...   Mark02131 02-13-06   I have triangle comete es (same tweet as yours) and i love t ...   Aball 02-13-06   A few suggestions 1) your amplifier maybe over damping the ...   Gmood1 02-13-06   You need a new source in the worst way. dont spend hundreds ...   Mapleleafs3 02-13-06   Da da!! behringer deq2496 to the rescue again. seriously, i ...   Eldartford 02-13-06   A new source will help and it may be a bad speaker amp combo ...   Jond 02-13-06   Bryston and triangle may not be the best match out there, wh ...   Arni 02-13-06   Cardas 300b interconnects have the mellow sound that you are ...   Viridian 02-13-06   With an interconnect you dont solve the problem. i think, yo ...   Ajahu 02-13-06   The sony is killing you. i had one, it was nothing shy of br ...   Mapleleafs3 02-13-06   I highly recommend vh audio "pulsar" interconnect. ...   Kotta 02-13-06   An audio control c-101 equalizer will take care of your pr ...   Tvad 02-13-06   I too have read that triangle speakers can be bright and any ...   Philjolet 02-13-06   Thanks for all the advice. here are some responses: --i de ...   Jpbach 02-13-06   Jpbach, i've gone down the road you're on. none of the inter ...   Tvad 02-13-06   Listen to jond and mapleleafs. save up and get a used dac o ...   Nutella 02-13-06   "cables at this point are like putting perfume on a pig ...   Gmood1 02-13-06   Wow - i'm a little embarassed about the sony now. but like ...   Jpbach 02-13-06   Jpbach, i'm curious ..why do you feel the need to replace t ...   Gmood1 02-13-06   Tvad's suggestion for the audio control c-101 equalizer is g ...   Eldartford 02-13-06   Jpbach, i agree with what the others have said in that you ...   Vman71 02-13-06   yeah! finally some support! thank you, eldartford. btw, the ...   Tvad 02-14-06   Without doubt, i think the paul speltz anti-cables and anti- ...   Stehno 02-14-06   Gmood1, i started the thread thinking the ic's might cure wh ...   Jpbach 02-14-06   Jpbach...it's your nickel. but remember that the spectrum an ...   Eldartford 02-14-06   I'll bow out, jpbach, but at some point when you have a minu ...   Tvad 02-14-06   Use it as a dac for now. how much do you have to spend. dont ...   Mapleleafs3 02-14-06   Mapleleafs3...i don't know if this is what you meant, but th ...   Eldartford 02-14-06   I recommend harmonic technology truthlinks. the triangles ar ...   Distortion 02-14-06   Audio engineers do not shape the sound of a recording by swa ...   Tvad 02-14-06   Fwiw harmonic tech and acoustic zen both are robert lee cre ...   Philjolet 02-14-06   Try cardas cross.   Rgs92 02-15-06   I have not listened to the behringer eq, and have heard that ...   Trelja 02-15-06   Joe, i agree with you on the whole, but the answer to jpbach ...   Tvad 02-15-06   Grant, you are right. the $200 budget really makes things d ...   Trelja 02-15-06   Trelja...digital algorithms can implement filters and other ...   Eldartford 02-16-06   Point well taken, eldartford. neither my system, nor my roo ...   Trelja 02-16-06   Trelja...as i have commented before, i bought the thing just ...   Eldartford 02-24-06   Monster cables have fat bass and restrained detail. ernest ...   Audiophile36 02-25-06   A few years ago, finding myself in ic hell, i took everythin ...   Cheapmike 02-27-06   You should try a van den hull: with those, you are sure to l ...   Beheme 03-03-06   You sure need to get a good cd player or transport/dac combo ...   Kabaraka 03-22-06   Postscript i replaced the aq alpha snakes with monster inter ...   Jpbach 03-22-06   Was wondering how old your cables(speaker and ic's)are? i us ...   Hemidakota 05-15-06   Ok, so now that i have sorted some other stuff out, trying t ...   Trelja 05-15-06   Joe, esplane me somthin'. do you use this thing between amp ...   Viridian 05-15-06   Marty, i believe the unit is, in itself, as 24/96 dac - henc ...   Trelja 05-16-06   Thanks joe, i was just trying to see if it would have an app ...   Viridian 05-16-06   Trelja...the mic to use is behringer ecm8000, available from ...   Eldartford 05-16-06   Jpbach, if you are still evaluating here is my two cents, pr ...   Jj2468 05-17-06   Thank you, eldartford. that was just the information i need ...   Trelja 05-18-06   Ok, next question... does the behringer deq2496 only produc ...   Trelja 05-18-06   Trelja...are you using analog or digital input? on the i/o m ...   Eldartford 05-19-06   Eldartford, i got the unit working for me last night. like ...   Trelja 05-19-06   Trelja...it took me months of fiddling around to learn how t ...   Eldartford 05-20-06   Yes, a lot of subletys to the deq2496, eldartford. thanks f ...   Trelja 05-20-06   Trelja...and it ain't even broken in! were you able to get t ...   Eldartford 06-12-06   I bought a used deq2496 today. figured i'll give it a shot. ...   Tvad 06-13-06: Tplavas Tvad, just an FYI, but while using the DEQ2496, you should definitely try using it with it's stock power cord first. That eq was one of only 2 pieces of gear I've ever heard that didn't sound better with an aftermarket PC. Also, be aware of it's high output level with the back-panel switch set to +22 db. It may very well cause overload distortion in whatever you feed it into. Unfortunately, I found the lower-output setting to sound really inferior. Tplavas  (Threads | Answers | This Thread) 06-13-06   Congratulations on the new baby, grant! an issue came up wi ...   Trelja 06-13-06   Thanks, joe. i haven't decided on ics. i do own and like mas ...   Tvad 06-14-06   grant, i have an extra 1m pair of mas black i'll sell yo ...   Sherod 06-14-06   Sherod/grant, what is the difference between mas black and g ...   Trelja 06-14-06   Look into audio horizon cables. price is perfect for you.   Kenbo 06-14-06   Mas black is copper wire, whereas mas grey is silver.   Tvad 06-14-06   as much as i wanted to like the mas grey it just never soun ...   Sherod 06-15-06   Thank you for the clarification, grant. makes sense... she ...   Trelja 06-16-06   Since you ask for" budget" ics opinions, evidental ...   Andrewdoan 06-16-06   Since you ask for ics opinions, evidentally you are not read ...   Andrewdoan

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