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recommendation for speaker wire to soften the highs if possible
Hello,
I need help. My problem is my system sounds harsh on the highs to me. Not extremely bad, but enough that I need to fix it. My system consists of Ryan 610's, oppo Sonica Dac, and a Belles 150a hotrod amp. Speaker wires being used are old monster cable from the 90's. I also have monster cable rca. I mostly stream through Tidal. My question is can I make the desired effect by switching cables or should I add a tube amp or pre amp. My budget on the wire would be around 300.00
Thanks in advance for any suggestions
I need help. My problem is my system sounds harsh on the highs to me. Not extremely bad, but enough that I need to fix it. My system consists of Ryan 610's, oppo Sonica Dac, and a Belles 150a hotrod amp. Speaker wires being used are old monster cable from the 90's. I also have monster cable rca. I mostly stream through Tidal. My question is can I make the desired effect by switching cables or should I add a tube amp or pre amp. My budget on the wire would be around 300.00
Thanks in advance for any suggestions
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How can you be sure that Monster speaker cables cause it ? It can be anything or everything. In any case, don’t buy unless you can return, or willing to sell what doesn’t work for you. You don’t really want to soften the highs, you want a balanced and relatively distortion free sound. Maybe that’s in fact your objection - high frequencies distortion. |
I have tested speaker wire and discovered that a lot of the harshness was actually due to stranded low quality speaker wire. I found that solid-core remove so much of the harshness it was surprising. I would look for some used Audioquest speaker wire and make sure you get only the gold-plated terminations (i.e. spade or banana). The silver-plated connectors can make the highs too bright/harsh. The same logic applies on the interconnect cables as well. |
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