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Technical assistance and recommendations needed

I have a decent system I believe; it is hard to tell since there are no audio clubs in the area and only one audio shop outside of a Best Buy store to hear equipment to compare. So I would recommend a forum for T/A  for folks not having an audio knowledge base.

My system is CD based and is comprised of a Marantz cd6006, Technics SUG700, Canton 9k reference speakers, SVS SB1000pro subwoofer, and a Shiits EQ. Interconnects are SVS interconnects for the SVS sub. Coax is Metabridge Ultra Series, interconnects are very old Monster cable interlink 500 and Monster m1000 mk.3., My speaker cables are from Maker Audio What I enjoy about the system is its inner detail, soundstage, and imaging. The room is a compromise but well damped 12x18 vaulted ceiling wall to wall carpets two overstuffed chairs and couch one open side wall.

The system is a bit analytic, and I would like to warm it up just a bit. So how do I add a bit more flesh/ body to the sound is it through the interconnects?  I am looking for solutions under $1000. Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks Scott

scott22
kenjit
1,771 posts
 

I've heard relatively cheap class D sound plenty warm. Maybe we're using the word "warm" to describe different things? 

Unfortunately that is the problem with these discussions. There is no way to know what these descriptions mean. Warm can mean different things to different people. 

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nonoise
10,843 posts
 

@scott22 

I'm kind of in the same boat as you. I just turned 69 and my hearing has a deficit around the 2.5Khz area and goes back up and supposedly, I can't hear above 14Khz but I do hear what I hear. 

I think that what we're hearing as too forward or edgy lies in the upper midrange and not in the treble so much. Until I got my new speakers the sound above the mids was too engaging and almost glass like and I think it's the metallic drivers used. I have pots to trim the mids and highs on the JBLs and when I got the edge down to where it was acceptable, I lost everything else in the range that needed to be there. There was no happy medium as every recording reacted/sounded different to the new setting.

@asctim 

I think you're right about Technics doing things differently than others. There are similar brands that use digital amps but not in the same way as Technics. 

All the best,
Nonoise

scott22 OP
263 posts
 

"There was no happy medium as every recording reacted/sounded different to the new setting." nonoise

Yes thats another matter altogether. As you see I’m a CD based system and honestly the biggest influence on the music sound is the quality of the cd’s recording. Bad CDs sound worse on good reveling systems,( and that Technics is revealing) good Cd sound great.

So we go full circle it’s the goal to maximize the synergist interaction of components to our own location and ears within the financial resources available.

You guys have been helpful your insights appreciated, and it was a fun (for me) exchange.

 

stereo_gen
60 posts
 

Why trash the Canton when you have a Shiits EQ? You can back off the Highs and Mids to get that warm sound you want. Some Audiophiles do not like EQs, but like them and they serve the purpose for me. 

grossman616
123 posts
 

I have a Shitts EQ and sometimes it's helpful for really bad recordings but other than that it makes everything sound like a 1970's Pioneer receiver. I put it on line very sparingly.

Those Monster Cable interconnects aren't helping you much either.

Try a tube DAC for your CD player, a non over sampling one would help give you a more analog sound. I have a Kora Hermes NOS/Tube DAC that I absolutely love.

There are a few reasonably priced Tube/NOS DACS out there or maybe look for a used Phillips/ Magnavox CD player that has been modified (its just a switch setting) to NOS mode.

That could be the least expensive way to upgrade your sound.

 

All the best!

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