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tube ringing?

Hi folks, recently I replaced my Accuphase preamp with a CAT SL-1 Signature Mk III. My power amplifier is a Gruensch CSE II se and speakers are Soundlab A-1's. Speaker cable is Cardas Golden Cross. First I have to say that I hear a significant improvement over the Accuphase and I think it is a matter of pre/poweramp matching. The sound is quite good now but... with female voices for example Barbara Streisand I hear that the 600-800Hz region is emphasized. It reminds me of some ringing. Could this be ringing of the tubes inside the CAT? Or is it just room acoustics thing?

Chris
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audphile1
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I think Newbee pretty much nailed it.
What may help, and I would experiment with it first, is a different speaker positioning. Play with speaker positioning a bit. May be you'll arrive at a final speaker location where you will minimize that sonic effect. Or you can research other tubes for this preamp
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Sam, you're welcome!
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