Upper Midrange Glare problem


I am seeking advice to eliminate hard upper midrange glare. I spent alot of money and the sound improved, but the glare is still present. Is there something wrong with my set up, or etc? My systems is as follows:

Counterpoint DA 11.5 transport with Shunyata King Cobra.
Sonic Frontiers SFD 2 MK II DAC with Shunyata Black Mamba.
Sonic Frontiers SFL 1 Signature Pre Amp with Shunyata Viper.
All above components connected to the PS Audio P300 with a Shunyata King Cobra attached to it.

Bryston 7B ST Mono block with PS Audio Lab Cables connected to two Ultimate outlets which is connected to XLO Type 10 powercords to the wall outlet.

Speakers PSB Stratus Gold, placed 3 ft away from rear wall 2 1/2 ft from side wall, room is 15'wide 21'deep
8 1/2tall. Listening distance is 9 ft away from speakers.

Cables:
Digital - Illuminati D60 - BNC and Illuminati DX-50 - XLR
Interconnects - AudioQuest Diamond X2 - RCA
Speaker Cables - AudioQuest Dragon to highs and Clear 3 to bass.
All Cables are raised by ceramic tiles.

Brights star foundation platforms, tip toes, for each component sitting on a Stand design rack, set of room tunes corners, side walls and tune stripes.

New additions will be XLO limited edition XLR digital cable and Siemens CCa tubes for SFD 2 MK II. Will be here shortly.

Very fraustrated. Any suggestions will be openly noted, thanks.

bowlerds

Showing 3 responses by leafs

A tube amp could possibly help.
Aragain is also on the right track.Could be the room.
Also could try different tubes in the pre amp.
I agree the cables are not what your problem is.You have 3 items you are using which are on the bright side.Adding the 3 of them toghther in theory should give you a nice system.It doesent allways work that way.Try a tube amp first.
Sean I agree with you to a point.
Cables should not be used as tone controls to overcome problems with equipment.
A cable should be neutral and truthful,it should not alter the sound.
I belive the problem is in the synergy or lack of it betwwen the components being used.
Each component on its own is a solid choice of gear.
For some reason they dont work well toghther.This does not mean the choice of gear is flawed it means our friend has to possibly make some changes.