Cpdunn99,
The rest of my system is:
Audio Refinement pre-2dsp (surround sound processor and pre)
Audio Refinement Multi 5 amp
Spendor S8
Harmonic Technology Pro9+
I am not sure why but maybe I am sensitive to bright sounding equipment. I intentionally use the spendor since they are very laid back especially on the treble.
With the Cary, it's not really the bright treble that bothers me, sometimes there seems to be a type of sound that manifest themselves into sounding almost like static noise.
I don't think it comes from the cdp because it only comes on during a musical passage that has a lot of high frequency contents. There also quite a bit of sibilance on the femail vocal, but it could be just extra details from the player.
I used to have a Nad541i and it rolls off the high frequency more.