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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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acman3
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I had to tame some speakers once, that would put your eye out with the wrong equipment. Ended up with a Butler amp which slightly rolls off the top.

 The best speaker cables I owned for this set up were Audioquest 8.
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knownothing
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Yeah, I would look at your source and the cabling.  Nice speakers, they are going to tell you a whole lot more about what’s going on upstream. The Denon was nice in its day, but modern DACs are really getting good.  You owe it to yourself to try something else with the 10t’s.
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gman74
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Dirty power from the outlet?
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captbeaver OP
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Knownothing:
thank you.

I am retired and my wife is disabled so I am doing this as easily as I can.
My plan is this:

1. New amp
2. New spk cables
3. Check the preamp ( for some reason there are peeps who think the Mac is harsh) 
4. Look into a DAC or CD player... I would prob need to buy used.
5. Gin and tonics and music...lol

tablejockey
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Here's something for perspective 

http://www.roger-russell.com/wire/wire.htm#conditioner

Great info to help with your decisions. 

Some suggestions/advice(not necessarily here) really should be questioned.

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