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Tuning my system towards a darker tone

I am trying to tune my system in a darker direction; as I have a bright ( lots of glass) listening area and have been directed by my interior designer ( aka wife) not to add room treatments.  Starting with power cords, then possibly ICs would like to find a natural sounding power cord but with a darker tone.  System includes: leben cs 600 amplifier, Linn Akurate Streamer DAC, Feikert Volare TT, Luxman CD player.  Current power cords include Luna, Audio Art and Raven.  Note: my speaker cables are not in play as they are within the walls and were picked to appease building codes in our area.  My price range for cord 500-1000.
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geared4me
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You may want to try adjusting the rake angle of the speakers before actually moving them around if you feel you have them dialed in the way you like other than being bright. In other words, tipping them back a little will probably do it but you may need to angle them out a little bit too like Erik suggested.
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three_easy_payments
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@erik_squires 

I'd say your tuning is going to be simple: Turn the speakers so the tweets are not on-axis of your head.

Are you saying that the tweeters should be pointed to cross in front or behind the listener's head?
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mahgister
13,273 posts
 
I called that "golden plate" and i am very proud of my creation 😊 :

shungite plate of 100 gram or more+the external side of it covered with thin copper tape....

Total cost : peanuts

Put them on your power conditioner or on your cheap power chord(no need to pay much)


The golden plate will lower the noise level and will help to tame the higher frequencies ....It will not replace an acoustical embedding control and treatment but it will help at no cost....It will enhance the power chord effect anyway precisely in the direction you want .....

No need to thanks me either....
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arafiq
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@mahgister — you continue to spread so many nuggets of infinite audio wisdom. Yet I never see anyone thanking you or showing even a modicum of gratitude. What gives?
erik_squires
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@three_easy_payments

Maybe they should not cross at all.  They could point straight across the room.
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