Hi!
first of all, greetings from Spain to all What Hifi staff and readers.
I have upgraded my system lately and I'm very happy with the results. However, there is one thing that keeps me away from full enjoyment. When I play jazz music, everything is balanced and wonderful. But, with pop and rock (Stones, Beach Boys, Joan Osborne, REM, Neil Young, Jayhawks, etc.) drum cymbals and vocals doesn't quite sound natural. Harsh high frequencies that does not appear in other kind of music.
I've tried CDs (Yahama changer) and vinyls (Rega RP1 with Rega Fono Mini) and result is the same: sibilant vocals and cymbal sound like broken glass or something like that. Not natural at all. If I switch to jazz (Dizzy's Big Band, Coltrane, Art Blakey, etc.) cymbals sound is just right.
Amp is Denon PMA-710AE and speakers Monitor Audio BX5 (80+ hours of use). Speaker cable, OEM copper 2.5mm.
Question is: do you think changing speaker cable to Chord Carnival SilverScreen will 'tame' this harsh sound in some way? I also have tried to reposition the speakers in every possible way, adding some rugs to my room but… no luck at all.
Thank you in advance for your time.
first of all, greetings from Spain to all What Hifi staff and readers.
I have upgraded my system lately and I'm very happy with the results. However, there is one thing that keeps me away from full enjoyment. When I play jazz music, everything is balanced and wonderful. But, with pop and rock (Stones, Beach Boys, Joan Osborne, REM, Neil Young, Jayhawks, etc.) drum cymbals and vocals doesn't quite sound natural. Harsh high frequencies that does not appear in other kind of music.
I've tried CDs (Yahama changer) and vinyls (Rega RP1 with Rega Fono Mini) and result is the same: sibilant vocals and cymbal sound like broken glass or something like that. Not natural at all. If I switch to jazz (Dizzy's Big Band, Coltrane, Art Blakey, etc.) cymbals sound is just right.
Amp is Denon PMA-710AE and speakers Monitor Audio BX5 (80+ hours of use). Speaker cable, OEM copper 2.5mm.
Question is: do you think changing speaker cable to Chord Carnival SilverScreen will 'tame' this harsh sound in some way? I also have tried to reposition the speakers in every possible way, adding some rugs to my room but… no luck at all.
Thank you in advance for your time.