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Well... guess I have to jump in the rabbit hole of speaker cables... lol

I just bought a pair of 10 T’s and am having a raspy edge on the high end. I contacted Mr. Kelly at Aeriel Acoustics and I sent the tweets to them for an evaluation...  tweets are in good shape! I have replaced everything in the system except the spk cables... I bought BJ cables the 10 ga. Belden etc. I have a dear friend in the high end audio business and is sending me a higher end pair of cables. Not sure what they are going to be but he is excited for me to try them....

Are the Belden really that bad? Can they be the cause of the raspy bad guys?

I am really looking forward to this... not so much for my wallet... she is scared. 

Looking forward to the great experience here on the GON...
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audiotroy
3,837 posts
 
Your cables are definately a problem. Low quality cabling will lose bass information which will make the top end  raspy also the Denon CD player is probably not up to snuff. 

A more revealing loudspeaker will show you things that were in the system that you didn't know where there.

Dave and Troy
Audio Doctor NJ
mickeyb
585 posts
 
Definitely not the Mac. Agree also.  If anything it would sound slightly warm or syrupy not bright. 
oldtiger
19 posts
 
 I suspect your room is the culprit! There is lots of YouTube info on acoustic treatment. That is the most likely way to solve your problem. 
rbstehno
1,473 posts
 
I have never heard a McIntosh product sound raspy! You don’t have quality cables. I have heard the 10t’s and the 20t’s and thought they were very bright sounding especially the 20t’s. It very well could be a synergy issue. Maybe borrow a friends amp/preamp/integrated to see if the raspy sound follows when changing components
acman3
4,274 posts
 
Captbeaver, there seems to be confusion as to what amp you are running with your current gear. You say the Mac 7100 doesn’t have enough power, so what amp are you using when the 10t’s sound raspy.

Also, I see the Mc7100 is 100 watts at 8 ohms. I would think that would work. 10t's are  rated 86db.


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