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what causes the sss in words like 'thisss'?

I run apple lossless codec -> airport express -> recently purchased musical fidelity x-dac & tube buffer -> rotel 1056 receiver -> Quad 22L floorstanding speakers . I have also tried a cheap cd player source but no luck.

So what causes those annoying sss sounds in words? Source? Amp? interconnect? I'm considering returning the musical fidelity stuff and spring for a naim CD5 and nait 5i combo. Thoughts?
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jeffreyds
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The right interconnects can help. Switching from some old Synergistic Research stranded silver interconnects to DiMarzio M-Path eliminated negative sibilance in my system.

I am curious though, what power conditioner do those of you who suggested that recommend? The next upgrade in my system will likely be a reasonably priced power conditioner.

Jeff
bob_bundus
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AC line conditioning helped cure sibilance issues I had in one of my systems
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marakanetz
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THE EXPERIMENT:

1. Place the microphone setup... and blow onto microphone.
What will you hear from speakers?
2. Repeat blowing onto microphone only with joined teeth pronouncing an "S" sound and you should hear exhagerated sibliance.

Sibliance in RECORDING is a result of noise caused by the wind onto the microphone.

The recordings that do not have any sibliance have an advanced filters and compressors to eliminate this problem during mastering proccess.
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