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Sibilance how do I get rid of it?

Hello
I am currently experincing a problem with sibilance in my system,I must admit I know that unless I set up a overly dampened ( lack of Hi's ) set up, I'm almost always going to have some degree of siblance,I listen to mass produced commercial cd's so I know that this is atleast 40% of my problem , and my listening room 26'x14'x8' is relatively live,,lanolium floors..no dampening,,etc,,
But somewhere in the back of my mind I hear "you need to do careful system matching,
My system consisits of:
Cal Aria MkIII CDP
Conrad Johnson Pv10a Pre
& Conrad Johnson PV 14L Pre
Llano A100 SS Amplifier
Dynaudio Contour 1.3 2 way's "GLORIOUS Midrange and Presence"
JPS Labs superconductor FX Ic's
Tara labs Time and Space with TFA Return speaker cables
Transparent Power Plus Power cord &
MIT run of the mil powercord on the Llano power amp
I have no power conditioning whatsoever except some hospital grade junction boxes in which I have the CDP & Pre's hooked up-AMp straight to the wall.
Now I have experimented with various IC's and speaker cable Discovery,Cardas,Transparent..etc
I don't want to address this problem thru cable choice
I have changed the tubes in the CDP as well as the PreAmps
the Jps labs provides me with the transparency speed and extended Hi frequencies,,and resolution, but with noticable
sibilance could it be the Ac line conditioning or lack of it that is introducing the stridency and graininess to the sound? if so where can I start?
What brand power cables offfer the best shielding or get's the GRUNGE out? I've heard good things about coincident
I knwo that I should ( and AM in the process of)addressing the room itself carpet is in order and some accoustic paneling to kill the early reflections,should I do this first? then get the ac conditioning? has anyone had any experience with Marigo Powercords, shuyanta, Coincident etc.
Please offer me your suggestions
braab8
cdc
1,773 posts
 
Hi Stehno, if your power conditioning has helped your system, that is great. It simply does not in mine. Based on sound quality, a dedicated power circuit has no effect on my enjoyment of my system.
I do not know why you think the light bulb issue was "theoretical". It was not. It was never stated as theoretical.
Your comments got me to compare my dedicated circuit. Something I never did before. Case "A" was on the dedicated circuit. Case "B" was the system running through 20 feet of orange extension cord into the same circuit as my refrigerator. This is the noisiest circuit I have.
I played vocal, high sibliant, medium sibilant, low sibilant, acoustic, and high frequency energy songs. There was no difference between "A" and "B" in any of them. Neither to me or my girlfriend "Miss Golden Ears".

Your mileage may vary.
stehno
1,453 posts
 
Cdc, as I recall above, you provided one real life situation, however out of the ordinary it was when your light bulb blew and caused affects to occur on other circuits. And I believe the rest you mentioned was hypothetical.

Nevertheless, based on your post above, it sounds as though you have only one dedicated circuit/line for all components.

I used to have all my equipment on one dedicated 20 amp line and at that time I did notice any real difference from the components being plugged into several 15 amp non-dedicated lines.

Of course that was also one or two system upgrades ago.

But even with the dedicated lines, I do not recall hearing any serious improvement pertaining to sibilance (the topic at hand) until I started buying Foundation Research in-line passive power conditioners for each of my components. Which I purchased one at a time. With each new in-conditioner, the results were always predictable and noticeably better than before.

-IME
riie
219 posts
 
 I fixed my sibilance (that was not too bad to begin with) with an electrician. I had him pull a dedicated 12 awg and install an Audioquest Edison plug. That right there made a huge difference, sibilance was about 80% gone. My next step was getting an Audioquest Niagara power conditioner. That right there killed it even more! Then I got the Audioquest storm series power cords. This finally completely murdered it. It is literally a night and day difference and I can’t  emphasize that enough!
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