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Replace Silver interconnect cable , please advice

i don't like the sound of my system
almost no bass , weak soundstage
the music not lively

this is my System:
acoustic zen silver reference ii XLR interconnect
Cardas Clear speaker cable (install them few days ago)
wireworld platinum usb cable
Focal Electra 1038 be II
Pass labs X350.5
Pass labs Xp10 pre
Oppo BDP-105
PC computer

few people told me maybe it's the silver cable
and to try to replace it with Copper.

can you advice on 2-3 models for me to test?

maybe Cardas Clear like my speaker cables?
pelo911
metralla
945 posts
 
Something is possibly messed up. You have excellent components that should give deep bass down to the mid-30s, pinpoint imaging and an expansive sound stage, and should be lively and frisky as a young colt. If you had said it was too lively I would have understood better.

Regards,
pelo911 OP
46 posts
 
i'm getting bass but only on very high volume

checked the cable , - +
every thing look ok.

i bought the AMP and the PRE used (1 year old)
maybe there is something wrong with one of them?

maybe because i'm not using a proper DAC ?
guidocorona
4,298 posts
 
It strikes me that your Cardas Clear wires are brand new... Put about 500 hours of a signal going through them... A break-in CD track or simple FM radio interstation hash will do just fine... And then reevaluate the sound... New wires can yield all sort of funny behavior that are often misdiagnosed as system problems... Lack of bass and uninvolving sound are just some of them.

G.
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rja
2,370 posts
 
Did you have this problem before you installed the new speaker cables? No? Then either the speaker cables are not adequately broken-in OR they may not be compatible with your system.
All good advice above. Other suggestions, don't buy new cables yet, borrow some to see if there are any major changes/differences. If you can find an Audiodharma cable cooker run in all your current cables, especially speaker cables, to see if there is a difference.
pelo911 OP
46 posts
 
right , they are brand new
are you sure that might be the issue?

not a DAC maybe or room acoustic or speaker standing?

the acoustic zen silver reference ii XLR should be good enough for my system?
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