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

Showing 3 responses by jjss49

op

perhaps post some pics of your room showing speaker placement, furniture/flooring, and provide dimensions?
i agree with @yogiboy

I hate to burst your bubble but any B&W that I have listened to are bright.


given the words of fairly extreme frustration expressed by the op on the sound he is hearing, maybe the best bet would be to get a set of warmer, more tonally balanced speakers like harbeths or spendors or vandersteens

...of course, after confirming his speaker set up and room are ok...
What made you purchase the B&W speakers that you have? THIS I think is question number one!


i wondered about this myself... op is voicing such a level of frustration over the sound of his system... how did he get there??... the stuff is not cheap, so many pieces, all rather sizzly and strident (inherited?)