stereogeek
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I moved my rig from the living room into a spare bedroom recently due to new grand kids . I ordered a new 5 shelf rack with 2" thick maple shelves , it looks really nice . Problem is that I have been chasing a slight rise in the upper midrange that drives me nuts since the move . I don't really critique the bass or the highs much but if the midrange sucks , it just sucks . Tried different kind of footers / tip toes , changed cables ( Cardas , Vansevers , Tara , Audioquest , Gabriel Gold , Zu , etc ) . The midrange glare was still there . Tried hanging blankets , treated first reflection points to no avail . Finally gave up for a while as I just couldn't stand to listen to it . I wound up getting an Adona 5 shelf rack based on the construction of their multi - layered shelves . It is like night and day . Same equipment , same speaker placement , etc . All the glare is now gone but was a little soft on the highs . Took out the Cardas and Vansevers and installed some Tara and some Nordost and bam , everything is now right in my world . I don't really want to start a war about cables and such but I have been using them for tone controls for a long time . I think it proves one again that everything matters . BTW.....System is PS Audio , Ayon , Cary , First Watt or Bottle Head 300B and Tekton . Cheers all .