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Someone help me Sound Too Thin ?????

Can anyone help me !!!
I have cd player - Cambridge A500se
amp - Audion Sterling ETSE (el34 penthod single ended in triode cercuit ,class a ,no negative feedback, 12 watts/channal, able to chage to
kt88 18watts/channal)
speakers - Triangle titus 202
interconnect - Mit terminator4
speaker cable - Audioquest crystal biwire(old model)
tube input - sovtek 6922
drive tube - GEor Svetlana 5687 or Amperex 7119
tube output - Svetlana el 34

I love the sound of this system except it is sound " so much too thin and light weight " for me.

At first, i thought my amp has too less watts but i already try with 45 watts rotel intergreted amp and the sound is even thinner.

I like" romantic sound, full body, laid back and warm
sound too thick and dark tone" is ok for me .
I listen to a lot of classic jazz and vocal jazz 80%
classical 20% , i want to have low frequency down to at least 50hz

What speakers is suite my system and my taste? (i can change amp if my amp cannot drive these speakers)

What amp is suite my system and my taste?

- If i change the speakers to PSB 4T,stratus bronze or JM Lab 715 or vandersteen 1c, 2b, is my system gonna have more body?

How is planar spekers sound? is it gonna suite my taste?

If i change the amp to NAD C-370, is it gonna work for me?

Thank u very much
Paul
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trelja
3,223 posts
 
First let me say that it's definitely not the CD player. I owned Cambridge D500 SE in the past, and the one thing they were not was lightweight or thin.

Yes, I would agree with the speaker assertion. One other thing before giving up on the Triangles, is to try another speaker cable. Triangles are kind of sensitive to becoming thin and/or shrill, and AudioQuest speaker cables will definitely not help in that area. Although, I am kind of surprised, like the CD player, the rest of your system, apart from the speaker cable, is definitely on the rich side.
sean
6,231 posts
 
If i could have substituted my name for Trelja's on his post, i would have simply done that. He said it all. Sean
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lafish
151 posts
 
change your amp to something else. Audion no bass. If you want bass, try Sonic Frontier or CJ. EL34 models get a good tonal balance between bass, hi and mid.
s23chang
619 posts
 
Sovtek 6922 is always thin. I would try Amperex 6DJ8 instead of 6922s. Same goes for the EL34 tubes. You'll find Amperex EL34 more enjoyable. Speaker cable and interconnect does play some role here. Try few cables out there from dealer would help.
seandtaylor99
1,262 posts
 
I am going to offer another suggestion .. demo a good subwoofer (like a REL). My spica angelus based system sounded a bit thin and lacking in dynamics until I added the REL and now it sounds fabulous. The REL added depth and a sense of scale and power to the sound, and I'm left with the Spica's fabulous imaging. I was very skeptical of subs, thinking they are only for movies or rap, but I'm completely converted.
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