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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

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jetter
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It's a bit confusing as I've always heard that thiels required careful setup as they tended to have a hot top end if not careful.

There is a thread entitled "Thiel Owners" which has been running forever with about 14,000 posts under the "speakers" topic.  One or two of the posters still sell Thiel speaker components and I believe are related to Jim Thiel.  There I believe you will receive additional excellent advice.  It's the place to be.

Are you sure that your tweeters are operating at full steam?

 

jetter
3,098 posts
 

@jsalerno277 

The primary message of my post was to let @andy2 know that he would probably obtain the most on point recommendations from the "Thiel Owners" thread, here:https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/thiel-owners-2?highlight=Thiel%2BOwners .  Dedicated Thiel owners, and people who I believe worked with Jim Thiel and still sell components (if not speakers (?)) and from occasionally visiting the thread seem very generous with their knowledge.

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