Getting rid of harsh, shrill treble

What preamp do you have?

I have heard this symptom before many times, including in my own system.

A tube preamp worked wonders for me, and many other people as can be attested to on this forum. There are many flavours of tube preamps, from very neutral ones (similar to SS), to very coloured ones (warm).

It would be an easy test to borrow and swap in a tube preamp and see what you think of the sound.

I can't recommend a tube preamp enough to remove shrillness/brightness, and to get great sound in general!

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You might want to consider Dakiom Feedback Stabilizers.
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Gentleman,
Got a pair of Ohm Walsh Micro Tall's connected to a Jolida JD100RC integrated amp. I am in the concert hall!!:) Thanks for all your suggestions.

I think Rodargent has a very good point. The treble on some CDs is extremely shrill and after all this time I still think, what the hell's wrong with my stereo and get pretty disappointed with the sound. Then I put on a well recorded CD and ahhhhhh.... So there are Cds that for me at least are almost unlistenable. Unfortunately I like the music on some of those bad sounding CDs.
So a lot of this problem can be software based. Of course, if the treble is always harsh then you probably have a hardware problem. A bad CD on such a system can leave one seeking shelter and give you a negative attitude about audio in general.
Reasons IMO some CDs sound bad is the technology used to record them in the first place. Recordings made when tubes were just going out and being replaced by early solid state can be harsh. Also early DDD digital recording can sound nasty but with no tape hiss:^). Authentic classical instruments (which I like a lot) recorded either way can sound extra harsh.
Classicalfred, have you noticed some of these problems with recordings of specific eras? Also you might want to audition some tube buffer stages, preamps or CDPs with tube output stages and/or warmer cabling.