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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
jetter
3,100 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.

devinplombier
613 posts
 

Did you really set up your system right in front of the gas wall furnace

petaluman
187 posts
 

@andy2 

"I also built some of  my speakers" - are these "modified" Thiel CS2.4s?

erik_squires
16,706 posts
 

Not even going to try.

newbee
4,810 posts
 

FWIW I think there might be an imbedded statement in this post, not so much a plea for help. :-)

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