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Silverline Sonata MK.lll overall sound

I had owned the Sonata MK.ll and was happy with the sound as they had an overall warmer tonal balance. Then the MK.lll came and were advertised as smoother, more transparent, faster and a richer bass than the MK.ll because they now used the Dyna drivers. I bought them at a decent price. These speakers take about 1000 hours for breakin according to Silverline and I have about 250 on them now. I am perplexed by them, on one hand they very transparent, open, more detailed and have a solid rich bass. On some of my cd's they are spectacular, and on others they sound thin on the tonal balance. There appears to be a upper treble glare (brightness) that is not right and I don't kmow if it is room acoustics. associated equipment or the speakers (maybe the crossover has to be adjusted). Does anyone have a similiar problem with this speaker? Help.
My associated equipment: AR LS 16 Pre-amp, VTL ST 150 amp, Audioquest volcano speaker cables, acoustic zen silver ref. interconnects. Theta Gen.Va dac and universal transport and tice power conditioner.
Thanks
cavy

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thunnicutt
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Cavy,

IMO, sounds like a software issue, specifically the poor mastering job performed on some of your cds:

"On some of my cd's they are spectacular, and on others they sound thin on the tonal balance. There appears to be a upper treble glare (brightness)".

That upper treble glare is more noticeable on a better, more transparent speaker.

I'd take one of Steve Hoffman's DCC discs and use that as a reference, or you can try FIM's compilations for confirmation.

Bottom-line, for me, since not all of your cd's are exhibiting this "glare", then it's the individual discs which are the culprit, and not the gear.

Cheers,

TRH
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