Look at Darwin Silver ($295), or Darwin Ascension ($595). The Silvers were a tranformational step-up in sound from the Morrow MA-4s and 3s I had. They look cheap, but the sound is wonderful. I have a very resolving system and they are the last ICs I will buy. Use any of the typical sound adjectives and they apply to these ICs. I've also had Crimson cables, Audioquest (several different ones), Magnan, Mogami (long ago). Morrows were very easy to use due to their flexibility and soundwise were a lateral move overall from Magnans and the better Audioquests (some things a little better, some worse). The Darwins will flat out amaze you if you don't get psyched out by their looks--no one has to know you didn't pay stupid money to have much better sound. I was NOT expecting the jump in performance from the MA-4s to the Silvers.
Looking for great cable
I'm looking a set of great cables without breaking the bank. I'm currently using Monitor Audio gx300s, gx150, and gx100 for surrounds. I'm currently using "better cables" and I'm noticing that sound washes out in the mid/high level a bit. I am currently bi-amping the gx300s so I would need extra cable runs for those. I would ideally like to stay under 2k.
Thanks in advance for any help.
Thanks in advance for any help.