I had a problem with Sibilance with my Perreaux amp...the T's and S's sounding much too harsh and opaque. Then, a guy from this site named Sean who is a professional sound engineer set me up with Mobile Spec interconnect cables that were fifteen bucks a pair. I think this must be used in radio applications. He said that when he engineered the sound for several big name bands, he uses these as Sibilance busters. Plainly put, I COULD NOT BELIEVE THE DIFFERENCE. Sorry to harp time and time again about these things, but I think they just buried my more expensive audio interconnects. BURIED THEM. Others have theorized that what has happend is that the cables are poorly designed and they act as a filter for certain high frequencies. I don't know, maybe, but they made my solid state sound much more like my tube amps. And I could not notice any loss of detail. Mobile Spec Performance cables. Don't know where you can get em. Ask Sean.
Know of a "Dirt Cheap" tweak?
I am looking for tweaks to improve the overall sound quality of my audio system. I recently purchased some TPC contact cleaner and it made a believer out of me. I noticed a signicant improvement, as if a veil was lifted my system sounded more clear and transparent. Bass got tighter too. Do you know of any cheap tweaks that have made a SIGNIFICANT improvement to the sound quality of your Hifi system...let us know... :-) Comments welcomed!