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Hi all,

I have bought the following system based on a review from what-hifi

Roksan Kandy MKIII amplifier

Arcam CD73 CD player

Quad 11L speakers

QED silver aniversary bi-wire speaker cable.

Merlin Chopin interconnects

Partington Dreadnought Speaker stands.

OK so I was expecting miracles. but the whole thing just
seems....Uninspiring.... I have heard review stating that the
combination is great, the bass and detail should be excellent. But it
all seems a little drab.

Now I know that the Quads do pump garbadge out if thats what they are
fed so perhaps Im expecting too much. I like rock, india, that kind of
stuff but read that this setup, despite the size, would cope well.

The speakers are about 3 meters apart, angled in so that they are about
20 degrees. They are about 30 cms back from the wall and stood next to
a pair of shelves , one newxt to each speaker.

What I am thinking is...

What direction to the interconnects go there is an arrow on the cables
. I have put this pointing towards the cd from amp, is this correct, i
assume so as thats the direction which the music goes.

Are the qeds directional again I have the writing of the cable going
towards the speaker. There are no arrows....

Im after overall advice really. does all the stuff really match...are
the cables correctly wired. what must i change to get this working.

many thanks in advance,

Since everything is easily good to overkill the problem is almost certainly
going to be with speaker placement or room treatment.

Your speakers are of high repute, but that doesn't mean they may be the
right ones for you and in any system speakers are always the weakest link.

Try moving them 1/4 of the width from each wall and about the same distance
from the rear wall as a starting point and work from there. Make sure they
are exactly the same distance from each wall, because a little bit can do a
lot in terms of making things sound bad.

Next time you don't need to worry about spending extra money on
interconnects as there is zero relaible evidence that they make any
difference. Also anybody who tells you there is cable directionality is a
loon. Tis has also been tested and no evidence supported the idea of
directionality.

I've said this before, but it bears repeating: about the best thing
anyone can do to help improve their system, is the exact opposite of
whatever "nyob" (Mike McKelvy) advises. Arny Krueger as well, it goes
without saying. (Apparently, there isn't a problem on earth that
these two yobs think can't be solved by speaker placement and room
treatments).