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sounstage too big bad thing

HI, guys, replaced my MIT spkrs cables this weekend
found a good deal on a pair of XLO signature5, fantastic cable,
very open with weight, and tons of detail, now my problem is,
that the soundstage is so big that is confusing,fills like I'm sitting in the middle of the performers and as I'm concentrating in the music I'felt dissy, same filling you get from flashing lights at the night club, disconnected cables, and whent back to the MIT, less detailed, but now fills I'm listening for a spectator prospective,
any body with similar experience?
juancgenao
ryder
1,748 posts
 
I went the other way. I was in the verge of selling off my Plinius amp but the XLO Signature2 interconnect saved it. When I put the cable in, all the details, dynamics and soundstage come alive. Most importantly, it feels like I've added in a new subwoofer with the XLO cable. I've got two pairs in my system now. I would suggest what other posters have said in trying out different speaker placement before returning the cable.
juancgenao OP
64 posts
 
thanks, Mapman' tried repositioning my chair back 3 feet, and didn't help, may be as you said need to get used to the sound,
don't know how long it will take, but hearing instruments sound coming at you like suspended over your head don't think is a natural phenomenon that happens in real life music events :
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mapman
22,964 posts
 
Hmm, soundstage should be mostly in front of you, not over your head. You have some interesting but perhaps unnatural things going on, perhaps due to room acoustics?

Synergy is everything. Not all good pieces work well in every room to every ones taste. If you don't like what your hearing and cannot tame it otherwise then you should definitely make a change or two again until things sound right.
samhar
1,048 posts
 
Two things I would check; make sure the speakers are firing at the same point by using a digital level on the sides and back of the enclosures and on top of a board spenning the tops of the boxes to check that their height is exact. Next I would check the isolation of the Quicksilver amps ( they may need better isolation to extract as much clarity as possible) then I'd check the pre.
It is very possible the new cable has exposed something in your system and I would pursue this first before changing the cable.
samhar
1,048 posts
 
Almost forgot, the cable may be showing that you need to reduce isolation or change the material.
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