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Tuning my system towards a darker tone

I am trying to tune my system in a darker direction; as I have a bright ( lots of glass) listening area and have been directed by my interior designer ( aka wife) not to add room treatments.  Starting with power cords, then possibly ICs would like to find a natural sounding power cord but with a darker tone.  System includes: leben cs 600 amplifier, Linn Akurate Streamer DAC, Feikert Volare TT, Luxman CD player.  Current power cords include Luna, Audio Art and Raven.  Note: my speaker cables are not in play as they are within the walls and were picked to appease building codes in our area.  My price range for cord 500-1000.
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twoleftears's avatar
twoleftears
5,360 posts
 
Some may disagree but I think you may bring about a more noticeable change by swopping in different ICs rather than PC(s).

If you explore power conditions, strong rec. for Puritan PSM 156.
erik_squires
17,555 posts
 
I just found the measurements. Based on this:

https://www.stereophile.com/content/devore-fidelity-orangutan-o93-loudspeaker-measurements

I'd say your tuning is going to be simple:  Turn the speakers so the tweets are not on-axis of your head.

Best,

Erik
riley804
1,224 posts
 
just seems like a waste that you can spend all this money on this system and that is ok.....but you cant do any kind of room treatments.....and you are now looking at band-aids to fix the room issue.
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geared4me
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You may want to try adjusting the rake angle of the speakers before actually moving them around if you feel you have them dialed in the way you like other than being bright. In other words, tipping them back a little will probably do it but you may need to angle them out a little bit too like Erik suggested.
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three_easy_payments
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@erik_squires 

I'd say your tuning is going to be simple: Turn the speakers so the tweets are not on-axis of your head.

Are you saying that the tweeters should be pointed to cross in front or behind the listener's head?
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