Upper Midrange Glare problem

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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Sean I agree with you to a point.
Cables should not be used as tone controls to overcome problems with equipment.
A cable should be neutral and truthful,it should not alter the sound.
I belive the problem is in the synergy or lack of it betwwen the components being used.
Each component on its own is a solid choice of gear.
For some reason they dont work well toghther.This does not mean the choice of gear is flawed it means our friend has to possibly make some changes.

Sean: I somewhat remember the cables that you are talking about which were very inexpensive. Please re-list the source of them, if you will. They sound like they might be a good choice for the few new posters that are just starting budget two and multi channel systems as well.

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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Paging Bowlerds!

Has any of the info posted here helped in any way?

It adds to the knowledge of everyone when we find out what was sucessfull in curing your problem.

Let us know what's going on!