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bright up "warm sound" speakers

Hi,
My system is too warm for my listening taste. The low to mid bass seemed to be muddle, and the high are not as detailed as I would like to hear. I would like suggestions on how to "brighten" it up a little and not breaking the bank. I mostly listem to acoustics music, opera, classical, blues,very little POP and some Jazz.
Here is my system:
Sonatina II
Musical Fidelity A3CR Amp
Proceed Pre preamp
Jolida CD100 (stock tubes)
Audioquest Midnight speakers cables
Audioquest Lapis interconnect
BL1 interconnects
Listening room is 14 X 18 ft

Someone had suggested to replace speaker cables. What do you all think? If you think what I have right now is the best it can sound, then I can live with it. But if there are improvements (not breaking the bank) to be made, then please fire away. Thanks in advance for your suggestions.
jeanluc07
slappy
903 posts
 
What is your room made of? if it is alot of carpet and drywall with few windows it will hurt the accoustics and suck some of the life out of the sound.

i had this problem with my system in my finished basement, what i did was go to home depot, bought 3 big-ass mirrors. I put one on each side wall and one behind the system. Brightened it up nicely.

plus i can tend to my narcisissic side and give myself a long and loving inspection.
timf
237 posts
 
you might consider trying to borrow a different source altogether-a friends cd player, for instance. The warmth you are experiencing may be comming from some other influence in your system, so perhaps experimenting here would yield some insights-and its free!
pmi_guy
72 posts
 
Jean Luc,
Bring your speakers out further into the room. Two feet is too close. There are a lot of past threads and web sites that discuss this. Rives Audio is a good site to start with. When I looked at this, the most recommended place for tight bass seemed to be one-fifth of the way into the room. That would be about three and a half feet for an 18' room. Try different distances apart and play with the toe-in also.

Cables can change your sound but usually won't clear up muddled sound. You may hear the muddled sound more clearly! If you try cables, there are several dealers who allow free trade-ins until you find the ones you like. I forget the names right now.

I'd try a tube change on the CD player. Use the Audiogon search feature to find older discussions of this CD player. There have been lots.

I have the same amp and it is definately very clear sounding.
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