Silverline Sonata MK.lll overall sound


I had owned the Sonata MK.ll and was happy with the sound as they had an overall warmer tonal balance. Then the MK.lll came and were advertised as smoother, more transparent, faster and a richer bass than the MK.ll because they now used the Dyna drivers. I bought them at a decent price. These speakers take about 1000 hours for breakin according to Silverline and I have about 250 on them now. I am perplexed by them, on one hand they very transparent, open, more detailed and have a solid rich bass. On some of my cd's they are spectacular, and on others they sound thin on the tonal balance. There appears to be a upper treble glare (brightness) that is not right and I don't kmow if it is room acoustics. associated equipment or the speakers (maybe the crossover has to be adjusted). Does anyone have a similiar problem with this speaker? Help.
My associated equipment: AR LS 16 Pre-amp, VTL ST 150 amp, Audioquest volcano speaker cables, acoustic zen silver ref. interconnects. Theta Gen.Va dac and universal transport and tice power conditioner.
Thanks
cavy

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The first thing I would try would be to substitute AZ Matrix Ref. interconnects for the Silver Ref. -- still very detailed but less energetic up top and luscious in the mids. This one change might do the trick, and it's a relatively easy one to make. Best of luck.