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System upgrade advice

My current setup is okay but the high end is too shrill. Some may call it sibilant. Its driving me nuts. My setup is:

Proceed PRE preamp
Rotel RB 1080 2 ch. amp
Oppo BDP-95
Paradigm Studio 60 v2

It does seem that the Paradigm tweeter is where the issue is since I also connected them to a Yamaha AV. The Yamaha toned it down a bit but the whole sound went down a notch. I'm considering replacing them with maybe some used speakers around $2.5k (pair) like some B&W 804s. If I did that, would I have totally out classed the Rotel and Proceed?

Looking some general advice or similar stories. Tired of my ears bleeding

Thanks.
vjb
melbguy1
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01-27-15: Bo1972
The Infinity have very poor crossovers. The 804 has also not great crossovers. But those of the Infinity are really poor. I owned them in the past!!
Yeah, and the Ren 90's still kick the 804's butt.
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bo1972
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The Infinity is a fun speaker, I owned 2 different ones in the past. But when I started in 1998 in audio I learned how instruments sound and how small and direct they are in proportion. I changed eveything. i remember that I sold my last Kappa 100 loudspeakers a few months after I started to work in audio.
phd
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The Proceed PRE Preamp is the culprit and is known to lean towards sounding bright, even a reviewer of the Proceed Pre mentioned not to couple this preamp with highly revealing speakers for example like horns.
melbguy1
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Bo1, the Kappa 100's are not in the same league as the Rens which are classics.
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bo1972
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You are right, but still their crossovers are poor!
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