Upper Midrange Glare problem

Bowlerds, drop me an email if you'd like. I'm pretty sure that I have some interconnects that will take care of your problem or at least reduce it to an acceptable level. While i'm sure that they are not up to the rest of the level of your system, you can try them and see if it points you in the right direction. From there, you'll have a better idea of where to go or what to try next. A few others here have used them under similar circumstances and been quite pleased with the results. Sean
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While i'm not about to get into an argument about this, there ARE cables out there that can take care of such problems and there are members here that have experienced them first hand. I know that Issabre made a few posts pertaining to the cables that i supplied him with that seemed to "work magic" with the same exact problem in his system. Up to that point in time, he didn't think that cables made much of a difference whatsoever. He's also not alone in that situation, as i've sent these out to a few people that were in the same boat. Not ONCE have i ever gotten any negative feedback on these cables nor were any of them ever returned. Some folks have even bought a few more sets just to have on hand.

With these specific cables and depending on how severe the problem is, sometimes it takes one set to smooth things out, sometimes two. Either way, the "scary" thing is that these things cost less than just about ANY other "tweak" mentioned other than buying felt and putting it around the tweeters. Since i would have sent them to him with a money back guarantee if they didn't work out for him, he would have been out NOTHING to try them.

Other than that, i would suggest that you look at the room response with a spectrum analyzer. If things show to be reasonably smooth / flat in that specific frequency range, the next step would be to change tubes. Some tubes just sound like JUNK in specific components, regardless of all of the hoopla about specific make / model / brand and "tubes being warm & smooth". Some of the most forward / harshest sounding systems that i've heard made use of tube preamps. Like anything else, it's all a matter of having a balanced system that sounds good, not mixing and matching brand names, makes and models or specific topologies.

As to my comments and all of the others, take them for what they are worth. Nothing more than someone's point of view. Sean
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I have NO idea as to where to find these specific cables on the street. I stumbled across them when going through a catalogue from one of my RF distributors. Since they were quite reasonable in price, i ordered several different designs that they offered and tried them out. While a few designs were decent, the one specific cable works wonders on reducing / minimizing "Glare And Sibilance" ( GAS for short ). As such, i labled these "GAS Busters". They also help most SS systems to sound warmer and measurably more "musical".

As a favor to some other folks that were having similar "gas" problems and made them public : ) i ordered a few extra sets and sold them at MINIMAL mark up ($20 for a 3' pair / $30 for a 6' pair). Some of these folks ended up replacing Silver cables that cost hundreds of dollars with these "cheapies". While i'm NOT saying that these cables are "killer" or a "cure all", they do HELP until you can get things dialed in a little better.

As to Leafs' comments, there is NO such thing as a neutral cable. Every cable presents a different load to the source and their sonic signature will vary due to different equipment combinations and their associated impedances. While it is obvious that some cables work MUCH better in specific systems than others, those "good" or "neutral" cables sometimes fail miserably in other systems. I do understand where your coming from though and basically agree with your comments / train of thought.

Unfortunately, sometimes we end up buying "good" gear that just doesn't blend well together. With the amount of money that one might have tied up in a system, it would be pretty disappointing to not want to use it because it sounds so poor or less than one had hoped for. I would rather "band aid" the system with some cheap "flavoured" cables and enjoy it in the meantime rather than let it sit and rot until i could afford to make major component changes. Know where i'm coming from ??? Sean
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Aragain, i have NO idea as to what causes some interconnects to be audibly different than others or work / not work within specific systems. All i can say is that i have experienced such things first hand and i'm sure that many others here share that experience and point of view.

As to using these cables in a system that already sounds good, that is WAY too much of a variable to make any kind of educated guess at. If the cables that were originally in the system had similar electrical characteristics to the "gas busters", i would assume that the audible differences would not be very drastic. On the other hand, i have heard these cables sound FAR WORSE than the generic factory supplied OEM interconnects that are supplied free of charge with a lot of gear. As i and many others have mentioned here before, it's all strictly trial and error. Sean
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