Cable / Upgrade Recommendation

Hi No_Money,
Sounds like we share the same belief that using cables from the same mfgr/quality/model give better synergy within the system. How do you like the Transparents? I thought about trying them but they are currently a little out of my budget. May I ask which particular model of Transparent cable you are using? Bob_bundus is indeed correct; I am using MIT T2 speaker cables (again, synery within the system), and following the above advice I think I will get those "garden" cables replaced first by a pair of T2 ICs, as well as an AC power conditioner, before I start fine-tuning.

Again, thanks you all for the advices and for elaborating the details!

Just another 2 cents I just played with cones under the HTS 2000 power conditioner and the results prompt me to share this with you. More clarity....
I do have Terminator II biwires and found them very good in overall balance in my system.
Power is an area I suggest you to investigate.
Regards

I found similar (slight) results getting the power center off the floor. A better conditioner than a Monster HTS2000 will yield even better results. Look into Vansevers or Chang Lightspeed. I had a similar problem originally and like a few others, a pair of MIT T2 did the trick. Mine are the Bi-Wire ones. What also help was when I picked up a used Nordost SPM cable and put it between my preamp and power amp; and then again later putting Siltech interconnects between the CD player and preamp.

Sorry about forgetting to mention this before...I am also using Bi-Wire version of T2 (8 ft.) between the NHTs and the Audiosources.

I have been playing with many things listed here. I have an EMC-1 CD player and was playing it on a glass stand. I big NO NO. I hated it, SO I took off the EMC-1 feet and used some #4 cones under it, much better. Also I switched out a Mamba Silver conductor power and upgraded to a Black Mamba on my Pre Amp, another nice improvement. The last thing I did was started switching cables. I liked the AQ cables because but they were abit forward, yet the Tara cables were to layed back, SO I switched to XLO and got the best of both worlds. Just play and have fun. But be careful don't go broke.