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What is wrong with my system?

Hi everyone -

I’m posting here because individually I think my components are all good, but together my system is not making music, rather is is making bright bass less noise. Honestly, I’m thinking it’s no one component, but the matching of components that is causing this issue. I would like to get everyone’s opinion as to what I’m hearing. My components are as follows:

B&W 802D (first generation diamond)
Audioquest bi-wired Indigo speaker cables

Classe CAM-200 monoblock amplifiers
Audioquest Water XLR interconnect

Bryston BP26 preamp
Audioquest Water XLR interconnect

Mark Levinson 5100 cd player (PCM slow minimum phase)

thanks in advance.

Mark Levinson 5100 CD player


onehorsepony

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hshifi
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Hello,
Add  JL Audio CR1 crossover and a pair of subs. I use a pair JL Audio F110 subs. It’s not about adding bass. It’s about controlling the bass and dialing it to the room. If you are in the Chicagoland area this store lets you try things in your home before you buy:
https://holmaudio.com/
Your gear is really good. Better than mine is right now. I think this can be solved with cables, isolation, and a subwoofer system. I hope this helped. 

hshifi
572 posts
 
Hello,
I would try some new power cables. I would want a pretty good gauge for your preamp. I like 14awg-12awg. On your amp get 12awg -10awg. You have some hungry equipment but I don’t know what you are feeding it. Their are some great suggestion for preamps on this thread. PS Audio BHK is another great one. It also adds some tubes to the mix. Sometimes we think we should throw Silver cables at everything. If you did this maybe go back to some really good copper cables. I added a silver power cable, speaker jumpers and speaker cables to my system and it got a little too bright. I am just demoing these but now I will pull back each of these one at a time to see if I can find with the sweet spot. I had really good sound. Now I am looking for as close to perfection as possible. Power cables can help a lot with this. Also, IsoAcoustic or Townshend isolation gear. Seriously, next level sound. It doesn’t matter what gear or speakers you have this isolation gear takes your system to a new level. I hope this helps. 
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