How much do new, higher end strings make in the sounds you'll produce? ??? I find my strings seem not too bright and a bit dead. It's a new violin that is not entry level but not much above that. Thanks

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If you have really cheap strings, your violin wont sound very good. I've only used Dominant strings so I can't really say what the difference will be, but I know that they do make a difference!

Also, strings should be changed every 6 months-year. If they are really old they wont sound as good either.

I replaced the original steel strings on both of my Chinese violins (electric and acoustic) with Dominants and it made a really big difference, the originals were very bad, harsh and shrill sounding and a pain to play.Same thing with the cello, replaced the originals with Jargars, a very noticeable difference,though maybe a little less than on the violins. Don't know about the difference between decent and really great strings, I suppose it's smaller than the difference between real bad and decent ones.

i changed from stock stings to dominant tomastic and it made me sound tons better. then i got a really nice rare violin from my great grandfather which blew any violin i have ever played on away.

depends on how much you want to pay. really you don't want to pay too much because if you break a string you don't want to mix and match between brands, the sound quality can be noticeable if you replace an expensive string with a cheap one. dominants are a good mid high range brand. i need a set but can't afford any! poor uni student!