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current wire 'too revealing'. a wire is not gonna solve your problem. (IMO)

Posted by Smelly_Socks on October 4, 2016 at 14:08:11

In Reply to: any love for Chord ICs? posted by gkirkos on October 4, 2016 at 11:42:52:

The wire you are now using is decent (and actually not too revealing!)
If you are having a problem with the highs? Which I would guess you are meaning by revealing..
Well IMO a new IC wire is not gonna be able to solve it. What you need is something fixing the highs coming out of the CD player.

The ways to do that are: get a power conditioner. A power cord for the CD player which can clean up the highs..
Or a tube buffer of some kind between the CD player and the preamp.
Even ferrite clamps on the IC from the CD player may solve the problem.

Now I am a total high frequency maniac.
And on my cheap as dirt CD changer to a nice DAC.. I use a dedicated conditioner. AND a tube buffer. (A used for $1,400 VAC Standard tube preamp new $4,500, which I use just as a dedicated tube buffer for my digital.) I tried a cheap $150 Chinese tube buffer, but itwas not good enough for my tastes, though it helped.. Thus my stretch to the VAC as a tube buffer.
This approach works for me.
And my highs are spectacular to my (6ft ribbon tweeter) Magnepan 3.6 speakers.

I would think a powercord 'could' do the job of a conditioner..
And the idea of the Ferrite clamps on the IC.. AudioQuest used to make some big ones which would fit over the diameter of the IC you now use. I do not know if they still are made.
Added: the AQ ferrite are no longer made. I am linking to an Amazon product whic is 3/8" and should fit over the IC you now use.

Anyway, these are my suggestions.

• https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0002MQGEA/ref=pd_sim_23_2   (Open in New Window)

Edits: 10/04/16

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