Dynaudio C1 vs current speaker-Wilson Benesch ARC

MIT gets significantly better in terms of the quality of the signal as you move up... there are however not terribly forgiving.

Maybe something that comes across easier on the source.. or preamp. Voodoo Black Dragon? It'll actually work on anything! Not a lot of money either. An Elrod Sig III on the big ol' CJ SS would help as well, if ya want to buy accordingly to the component.

BTW.. got a power cond in the mix there? that's a thought too. Might just be the power itself.

I've heard the preamp, and got the impression from talking to and reading about the CJ SS that it's mighty revealing as well and can be too articulate up top for some or just hard in the wrong setup. Some nice RCA tubes in the pre could be the deal. I use a mix of them and bugle Boys in my pre.

you've nice gear there.. just look at the peripherals, and accessories before getting rid of anything.

I had ARCs in a small room and they were never forward or fatiguing. BAT tubes, Nordost, Marantz sa-7. Frankly one of the best speakers I have owned (very coherent) and at times wish I still had them. Placement near the wall is not an issue with that speaker. Do you listen at loud volumes? Maybe listening at levels beyond your room size. Sounds like you like the speaker. I would look for another source of your forward sound.

C1 need to be further than 1 ft in the room.

ARC are great speakers....but you may have to try something like Focal Micro Utopia BE that is front ported.

the brightness you are hearing is most likely room related---a square room is aweful for that.

Thanks for the info Keithr. What kind of room treatment would help?

i really don't know. my try acoustics handbook off amazon. or call Rives/ASC and beg :)