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Purist aqueous vs Venustas IC

I have a small problem that should be able to fix...I am currently using the aqueous IC with a dead-neutral CDP and I don't like the results, that lush purist sound is gone. So, do I switch to Venustas IC or switch the cdp to something like a Rega or New Rotel CDP? The aqueous is a good IC I just have this mismatched. I borrowed a entry level cambridge cdp and things improved...I can afford better though. What would you change, cdp or IC? Thanks.
128x128bobrock
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nolitan
865 posts
 
The cheaper Museus does have that warmth that the Rotel CD player can benefit. I would also look at the Museus powercord. They do wonders as well for neutral sounding components like your Rotel CD player.
GOOD Luck
bjesien
1,240 posts
 
IMO your CD player should cost at least four times that of your interconnects. It seems you might be heading in the other direction.

Change the CDP, or look at other components too. What is the source of your discontent?
blindjim
3,092 posts
 

I go front to back as mmuch as possible. Once I land on a source, I simply go from there. PCs, ICs, etc.

Doesn't sound to me like you have settled on a CDP yet.

I'm prone to getting as much of utterly revealing and resolute while still being listenable or musical, if you will, in any source unit I'll buy.

The matching or mismatching thereafter is to what lays downstream and my own preffs for the end result... as I'm not a dead neutral 100%er sort.

It is all a mix to be sure. Cables do have an effect, but I tend to use them to enhance rather than to ameliorate or cover up what is errant there... now, anyhow. This cabling thing gets loads easier when the components are better, and better matched IMO.

Try a couple more CDPs. Money spent well there will sure pay dividends later on.
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