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Who's to blame for the Grain??

I have a very very entry level system that I upgrading piece by piece. What I've noticed is that when I listen to music with vocals, there's a grainy texture to everyones voice. I don't hear that smoothness that I've heard from systems out the hi-end shops. I was curious whether there was a specific part of the chain that can cure the GRAIN. Is it interconnects, pre-amp, power amp, speaker cables or source. I am not using a power cord or a power conditioner,,,,,,,,,,,could this be the cause?
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avivey
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I don't think there's any cheap solution. Maybe an antique sound labs integrated with an ah tjoeb and horn shoppe speakers???

If you're into music I honestly wouldn't bother trying to do HT and 2 channel. It takes a load of $. I've been through too much gear. I will agree with most and say that your source and then your pre-amp are the places to start.

Here is what I would do if I had to rebuild:

Equitech's least expensive product
Nottingham Horizon w/dynavector Dv-20xh
Vecteur CD player or An Ah, Heart, or other tube based CD player.
A Fi X 2A3 amp
and for speakers:
http://www.thehornshoppe.com/

I think less maybe more. Sorry to hit you over the head with exspensive gear. I was in much worse shape than you when I started out.
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