Newbie want to improve what I have


I am brand new here already purchased my first system. Probably made some mistakes. So I bought an NAD M33, Focal Sopra No 1 speakers, Tellurium Black II cables with an Isotek EVO3 Polaris. I am enjoying the system but realize I've probably made some mistakes. So as a humble novice I'd love some advice where to start to improve my system. I thought perhaps starting with the cables. Looking too warm this up. 

foxton

Sopra No.1s are one of my favorite 2ways ever. Congratulations on your purchase! The key with this sport is fitting the system to the room in terms of proximity to adjacent room boundaries, overall room volume, etc.  The normally rational Erik Squires above advises no toe-in without knowing about your room size, shape or where they fit in. Toe-in may be desirable depending on these factors. The best thing about your speakers and amp is their low coloration…If your music is well recorded you will hear it in its splendor. Warm is code for filtered. Do you want that?  Why invest in Purifi clean power and beryllium tweets if you want to filter?

Waiting to hear some more detail from the OP.  

Do you use some absorbing panels?

Do your ears hurt after listening?

Do you listen at 70dB or 85?

Hi all and sorry I haven't chimed in with some answers to your questions earlier. First I just want to say how much  I appreciate all the advice. I need to absorb much of this before I take my next step. It is a holliday weekend so I will reach out to a few of you who offered later.

I picked my components without professional consultation "My mistake" That said I quite like everything I picked even if they aren't  an ideal match. Like many of you said its a learning curve and I'm enjoying going down or up the rabbit hole!

I live in Los Angeles so there are some good dealers to audition and consult with. I have visited one in DTLA that is quite well known, that's where I was politely informed by the owner that my matching was not ideal. FYI he did not attempt to sell me anything. Also listened to some Harbeths and and Devores and developed an itch immediately. I'm patient so I will take my time with this.

FYI I have done nothing yet to treat the room. I live in a 900 square condo. So this sounds like a good place to start. Also have nt engaged the Dirac room correction. I was quite interested in this but have also read mixed reviews about it. Happy holidays to all and thank you.

foxton- I had an M33 and loved it, just didn’t have the free time to listen as much as I liked, so I sold it at an only $500.00 loss compared to what I paid for it.  I now have the C700 I got open box for a grand, love the sound on it, too.  If you go into the tone controls and bump the bass up one or two notches you might find you have just the sound you want, or pay the extra hundred bucks and get the full Dirac Live room correction that will correct down into the bass regions and get what you’re looking for through that.  A subwoofer might help, too.  I know there’s naysayers who think tone controls should never be used, don’t listen to them.  I will say this though, physically correcting your room can have a profound effect, it did in mine.

Wow, I wish that was my starter system.....but many people are correct, system matching is critical but I don't know your components Only 2 suggestions:

(1) Get some room treatments, others know way more about that than I do. But, a heavy area rug, think curtains, and a few panels from GIK Acoustics worked magic

(2) As some have mentioned, run your amplification directly from the outlet.....through a power conditioner/protector is no bueno. Better yet, run a dedicated line (or two): dedicated line and audiophile outlet (PS Audio, Furutech, etc) and run through that