Any way to tame sibilance?

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  • ascienzo
    ascienzo Posts: 48
    edited May 2004
    DS--

    Now I'm confused--when I set up my system my friends said "oh you can't connect those speakers with bare wire--you need 'connecters!'" --so off I went to spend money on another hidden feature...

    Sounds like you are saying banana plugs reduce the impedence to the speakers in some way?!? --but won't "bare" wire eventually do the same since its exposed to dust and air??

    When I looked for "connectors" there were plenty to chose from and plenty of confusion for me of what would make the best "connection". I'm currently using banana plugs--mainly because I was told its the "proper" thing to do--they're easier to connect, better contact, etc, etc...

    Will I get "different sound" if I went bare wire or switched to a different type of connector???

    Thanks, :D
    H/K525avr
    Fronts–RT55i [bi-wired]
    Center–CSi40 [bi-wired]
    Rears–RT38i
    Sub–PSW404
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  • gmorris
    gmorris Posts: 1,179
    edited May 2004
    OR, you could sell all your equipment and buy a Bose system.;)
    Bob Mayo, on the keyboards. Bob Mayo.
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  • MSkeezer
    MSkeezer Posts: 1,183
    edited May 2004
    OR, you could sell all your equipment and buy a Bose system.

    gmorris, that's the best advice I've heard yet :D
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  • MSkeezer
    MSkeezer Posts: 1,183
    edited May 2004
    ATC, what kind of resistor exactly, do you have a link by any chance? I remember seeing something on here about rings you put around your tweeters to improve imaging. Is that what you're talking about?
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  • gregure
    gregure Posts: 871
    edited May 2004
    As you may have read from my thread on better cables in the connections category, I just hooked up some Premium II cables from Bettercables.com to my mains and center and the sound is noticably improved. I was using the standard Monster XP with bare wire connections, but the better cables come terminated with bananas. The sibilance is definitely better, although still present. Definitely able to live with it though. I just thought I'd chime in, because for me, banana connectors did not make sibilance worse, but with the high end cable I don't have the bare wire option anymore to see if I could elminate it completely. I don't think the connectors make too much difference in sound quality, but certainly the quality of the cable does.
    Current System:

    Mitsubishi 30" LCD LT-3020 (for sale**)
    Vienna Acoustics Beethoven Concert Grand (Rosewood)-Mains (with Audioquest Mont Blanc cables)
    CSi5-Center (for sale**)
    FXi3-surrounds (for sale**)
    Martin Logan Depth-Sub
    B&K AVR 507
    Pimare CD21-CD Player
    Denon 1815-DVD Player
    Panamax M5500-EX-Line Conditioner
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  • dave shepard
    dave shepard Posts: 1,334
    edited May 2004
    Originally posted by gregure
    I don't think the connectors make too much difference in sound quality, but certainly the quality of the cable does.

    That's what I'm saying. I've also heard that Kimber Kable wires can make the sound on the brighter side (I've never heard those on my system to say for sure, just what I've heard) but diff. better speaker wires and cables will make a big diff. in the over sound.


    Dave
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