Guitar lacking bite, vocal lacking presence


I need some suggestions on how to improve my system.

Guitar sounds too woody and need some treble bite. The vocal reproduction
does not have enough presence.

I also built some of  my speakers but non of what I do could make the system sounding a little forward.  It's too laid back.

My hearing at high frequency is not very good so that could be an issue.

System:
Speakers : Thiel CS2.4
Preamp: Pass XP10
Amp: Sim Audio W7
DAC: Ayre QB9
Speaker cable: Acoustic Zen Hologram II
Interconnect: QED reference 40 XLR

Any help would be appreciated.

 

 

andy2

Showing 1 response by ghdprentice

This is a serious question? If so, could post photos under your user ID in virtual systems. It is easy to do. The one you posted is too distorted. But even then it looks like a pile of audio equipment. No system could sound good in that cramped space. Particularly Thiels. I have a friend that has struggled with Thiels for years and they sound atrocious... in poor location... but greatly better than what I think that photo shows.