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XLR interconnects?

I'm in the process of upgrading my interconnects to XLR balanced cables. My gear is a Bryston BCD-1 cd player, Bryston SP 1.7 pre/pro, Sherbourn 5250A multi-channel amp, and my speakers are Anthony Gallo Ref 3.1's.
I'm looking to find a cable that is fairly neutral as I'm happy with the sound of my system. If there is a cable out there that may benefit my system please make a suggestion. I'm looking to spend between $200-$300 per pair. Some I've been thinking of trying out are Cardas Qualink 5c's, Kimber Hero's, Harmonic Technology Truthlinks, and Straightwire Maestro II's. Right now I'm using Ultralink Platinum series interconnects. Hope you can help.

Darrenmc (System | Threads | Answers | This Thread)

02-16-09

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02-16-09 At risk of sounding iconoclastic -- canare l-4e6s star quad ... Bish

02-16-09 Bish has a good suggestion. two more: 1) mogami 2534 neglex ... Tvad

02-16-09 Grover huffman terminated with switch craft connectors. Clio09

02-17-09 Audio metallurgy ga-zeros are very good value Hifijunkieoz

02-17-09 I have had great results with virtual dynamics, and they hav ... Somec59

02-17-09 Another fan of the canare or mogami. i have had great succes ... Chosenhandle

02-17-09 I found the neutrality and exceptional imaging capabilities ... Soix

02-17-09 I agree with tvad and chosenhandle , i'm a great fan of moga ... Curio

02-17-09 I just upgraded to the canare with my b&k gear. it seems to ... Chris357

02-17-09 If you enjoy transparency: before you decide that "can' ... Rodman99999

02-17-09 I'm selling a new pair of ht truthlinks for $195...hard to b ... Dave_b

02-17-09 mogami 2534 @ $35 will equal the truthlinks...at the very l ... Tvad

02-17-09: Darrenmc
The Cable Company recommended Aplha Core Goertz Micropurl AG XLR's. They said it's has been a proven match with Bryston gear over the years.
Darrenmc (System | Threads | Answers | This Thread)

02-18-09 Ah yes, the micropurls...owned them when they were first rel ... Dave_b

02-18-09 Dave, if truthlinks are an example of the wire used by grown ... Tvad

02-18-09 I should add that i used ht truthlinks between a bryston bp- ... Tvad

02-18-09 Alpha core and mogami mediocre studio cable wire? not in my ... Clio09

02-18-09 Truth links are by no means a reference wire, but it is supe ... Dave_b

02-19-09: Darrenmc
Well I'm looking a quite a few cables, some I can demo, some I can't. I can afford to go up to $550 cdn($425 US) for a 1m and .5m or another 1m lengths, I need 2 sets. Some of the cables in that range are Unity Audio Solid links, Alpha Core Goertz Micropurl AG's, PNF Audio Icon's, Purist Audio Vesta's, Kimber Hero's, Harmonic Tech - Thruthlinks(Demos), DH Labs Air Matrix's, Aural Thrills Black Axioms. Morrow MA2's and Grover Huffmans may be pushing it. The 3 I'd really like to try are Virtual dynamics Testament 2.0's, Reality Cables, and Audio Metallurgy GA-0's but the funds won't allow me to.
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02-19-09 Darrenmc - what about acoustic zen silver reference ii? Kijanki

03-08-09 From my experience the antipodes audio katipos will stand ou ... Myrtle

03-13-09 I am really impressed with the clear day balanced interconne ... Lacee

03-15-09 I should add that the other ic i used were cardas golden ref ... Lacee

03-20-09 I've run a lot of cables as a manufacturer. not only that bu ... Atmasphere

03-21-09 hello,ralph,i used canare speaker wire and canare wire ... Lacee

03-23-09 Lacee, i agree. i suspect that your cd player does not suppo ... Atmasphere

03-23-09 I haven't played her since. at that cable shootout, a merid ... Lacee

03-24-09 Hi lacee, do i understand right that in your post above, the ... Atmasphere

03-24-09 Then i guess companies like meridian had better get with the ... Lacee

03-25-09 Lacee, this is a good portion of the reason that we saw seve ... Atmasphere

03-25-09 In the end, the only person who is right is yourself. what ... Dave_b

03-25-09 Dave_b, i agree with you 100%. my point is simply that if yo ... Atmasphere

03-25-09 I agree with you somewhat atmasphere, but there will always ... Dave_b

03-25-09 No chase - schrodinger's cat is dead! Kijanki

03-26-09 That's weird-i just checked on him and he was hooking up som ... Dave_b

03-26-09 03-25-09: dave_b i agree with you somewhat atmasphere i'm s ... Audiofeil

03-26-09 Ralph seems like a reasonable man who keeps himself open to ... Dave_b

03-26-09 Hi dave_b, of course geometry, the purity of materials and t ... Atmasphere

03-26-09 Point well taken ralph. thanks for the insight and backgrou ... Dave_b

03-27-09 Ralph those records and most all the classic and jazz cut in ... Lacee

03-27-09 Lacee - old recordings sound like shit in comparison to best ... Kijanki

03-28-09 Some old recordings sound like shit,i will agree, that all n ... Lacee

03-28-09 "if everything you play thru your system sounds good,th ... Kijanki

03-28-09 Yes music was mostly dumbed down in quality and content over ... Lacee

03-28-09 Lacee - boom box people don't listen to vinyl but they influ ... Kijanki

03-28-09 I have a vast collection of unique and hard to find cd's. m ... Dave_b

03-28-09 Dave - we talkin' correlation here - exceptions always happe ... Kijanki

03-28-09 What i am saying is that great recordings have been made fro ... Dave_b

03-29-09 Everyone is waitng for the beatles catalogue to be given the ... Lacee

03-29-09 Lacee - cd might be not as good as lp but judging different ... Kijanki

03-30-09 At least you and i agree that"old recordings remastered ... Lacee

03-30-09 Lacee - i can only compare cd to cd since, as i mentioned be ... Kijanki

04-08-09 Isn't it interesting that there will be new releases of the ... Lacee

04-08-09 Lacee - saying things like "you're obviously young&q ... Kijanki

04-08-09 Lacee - what you said about europeans being ahead of us in h ... Kijanki

04-10-09 I shouldn't have said that the europeans had hdtv before nor ... Lacee

04-10-09 Lacee - i'm 56 but most of my experience relates to electron ... Kijanki